From Stephen King to Judy Blume, nobody’s safe from Trump’s book banners

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A new list of the most cancelled books in the US includes some of the most revered texts in the world. Here, Alex Hannaford talks to the librarians on the frontline of the battle for free speech

hat do A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Forever by Judy Blume, and Wicked by Gregory Maguire all have in common? Answer: they’re among the most-banned books of the last school year in America.

From Stephen King to Judy Blume, nobody’s safe from Trump’s book banners

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