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censorship, book bans, young adult literature

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I grew up enjoying Judy Blume’s books: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, Blubber, and many more. There was not much conversation in my community or at home about what books or authors should be read; instead, I was given free range to explore libraries and choose what I was interested in, what I was needing, throughout my adolescence. It wasn’t until I was sitting in Chris Crowe’s Studies in Young Adult Literature class this past spring that I discovered, to my surprise, that Judy Blume was at the center of many controversies throughout her career. Many of Blume’s books were challenged and banned for content such as teen sexuality or the questioning of organized religion (books such as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and Forever…) (Goldstein et al., 2023).

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