Kate NyhanRE: https://mastodon.scot/@peterbrown/116268527752626534
One of the books this UK school banned? Terry Pratchett's #Discworld Buddy Holly tribute, Soul Music.
D. G. MarshallNothing in Terry Pratchett's Soul Music* would warrant a book ban.
Even when I remember the "standards" of book banners. Some US schools banned the graphic novel of The Diary Of Anne Frank.
I haven't read Soul Music for a few years, but "sexual material, violence, abuse, substance misuse, or psychologically distressing themes"?
*Or any of his other books.
BeeCycling@davidtheeviloverlord @nyhan "Psychologically distressing themes" probably covers most of the novels (and quite a lot of non-fiction) in existence.