Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a day for stories of romance, new love, and happy relationships. But if you’re looking for a romance book at a Florida school, you might break your heart.
Just in time for the holidays, Penn America has been banned from many in public schools and has been featured in a list of books pulled in the Florida area, from some of the most popular authors of today. The list has been released. Many were targeting sexual content, and were books primarily about women, LGBTQ+ people and people of color, the nonprofit advocacy group said in the release.
“As a backdrop of the ban on books that increasingly suppress books on sexual experiences, women’s pleasures and healthy boundaries, we want to celebrate and elevate romance writers and their vast audience.” said Kasey Meehan, director of Freedom The Freedom Program. “Books introducing romance and sex, especially for young adults, can help young adults navigate the universal human experiences: romance, sex, desire, love.”
More than 10,000 books were banned in 29 states between 2023 and 2024, almost tripling the previous year, Penn America said. Penn America is a school book as a book that is not available to students or restricted due to parent or community challenges, administrative decisions, or actual or threatened behavior by government officials. defines the prohibition of
Penn America recorded 33 school districts in Florida’s 2023-2024 school year, with more instances of a book ban of 4.561 in 33 school districts than any other state.
The Florida Department of Education, which claims there are no books that are not banned in state schools, responding to objections from parents of school students, the approximately 700 books that were “deleted or cancelled” from public schools that year. A list of books has been released from residents of the district or county where the school district is.
Last year, top publishers Penguin Random House, Hachet Book Group, Harper Collins Publisher, McMilan Publisher, Simon & Schuster, and the Florida State Board of Education over infringement of the First Amendment Rights of both readers and authors. He sued two counties. The lawsuit from the parents of Florida public school students who opposed the surge in book removals across the state was dismissed by a federal judge in January this year.
This is the most popular romance book that is no longer available in Florida schools.
What romance books are prohibited at schools in Florida?
The most popular romance books removed from the shelf at Florida schools are:
The “Park of Thorns and Roses” series by Sarah J. Maas, Fantasy Romance and the New York Times Bestselling Series Following the journey and epic love story of 19-year-old Faire Acharon, after she was brought to Fairyland The epic love story of Priscien. According to NPR, the first book was one of the most borrowed titles in American public libraries in 2023 and 2024, and is the most banned in schools across the country due to sexual satisfaction. Collier, Hernando, Indian River and Manatee County were registered in the school year for Clay in the “Throne of Glass” series by Clay, Escambia, Flagler and Martin Cantiers from 2022-2023. Sardians, teenage assassins from a corrupt kingdom with a tyrannical ruler. Amazon.com rated its first book in August 2012 as “Best Book of the Month for Kids and Teens,” and USA Today Review praised it. It was also innovated in Bay, Hernando, Indian River, Leon, Manatee, Martin and Polk counties from 2023 to 2024, and in 2022 to 2023 at the Telegraph Club in Malinda “Last Night” in Martin County. Registered in Lo, Young Adult Historical Romance Set in the 1950s, Lily Hu, the teenage daughter of a Chinese immigrant, falls in love with another girl. He also received the New York Times bestseller Young People’s National Book Award for Literature, the Stonewall Book Award for Young Adult Literature, the Asia/Pacific Award for Youth Literature, and the Michael L. Print Honorary Award. Volsia’s grade appeared in the grade in Clay County from 2022 to 2023. The New York Times bestseller and the 2023 TV adaptation released by Amazon has become one of the top three most watched comedies for Prime, innovated in the 2022-2023 school year in Clay County .
Penn America’s other popular frequently banned romance books, John Green’s “The Faults in Our Stars,” Abdi Nazemian’s “Like a Love Story,” and Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” series, are available in Florida. did not appear in the deleted list.
