Censorship and Young Adult Literature

Intellectual Freedom, Reading Rights, and Reading Activism

Authors

  • Dani Kachorsky Brophy College Preparatory

Abstract

New Deadline for Submissions: September 30, 2022

Author Biography

Dani Kachorsky, Brophy College Preparatory

DANI KACHORSKY is a high school English teacher researcher at Brophy College Preparatory. Her research focuses on how readers transact with multimodal texts such as graphic novels and the pedagogical approaches that support the use of these texts in classrooms and other contexts.

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Boyette, C. (2022, January 28). “Maus” author reacts to his book being banned. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/01/27/maus-tennessee-school-board-art-spiegelman-newday-vpx.cnn

Chappell, B. (2021, October 28). A Texas lawmaker is targeting 850 books that he says could make students feel uneasy. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1050013664/texas-lawmaker-matt-krause-launches-inquiry-into-850-books

Ellis, D. (2021, November 5). All 850 Books Texas Lawmaker Matt Krause Wants to Ban: An Analysis. https://bookriot.com/texas-book-ban-list/

Hlywak, S. (2021, November 29). The American Library Association opposes widespread efforts to censor. American Library Association. https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/11/american-library-association-opposes-widespread-efforts-censor-books-us. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/lhtn.2002.23919hac.008

I Love Lib Admin. (2021, December 3). Not a Badge of Honor: Jason Reynolds on book banning in libraries. I Love Libraries. https://ilovelibraries.org/article/not-a-badge-of-honor-jason-reynolds-on-book-banning-in-libraries/

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Published

2022-07-01

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): IMAGE AND TEXT: CRITICAL AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON THE USE OF COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS IN LITERACY INSTRUCTION

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