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John Green Books Should Be Banned

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"I believe that books challenge and interrogate. They give us windows into the lives of others and give us mirrors so that we can better see ourselves. Ultimately if you have a worldview that can be undone by a novel, let me submit that the problem is not with the novel," states bestselling author John Green. According to the ALA, books are banned or challenged in order to protect others from "difficult ideas and information." Some more specific reasons are that parents find these books inappropriate for containing anti-family views, homosexuality, offensive language and sexually explicit scenes or
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