by Isabella J. Miletic | Sep 1, 2025
This Forbidden Florida Reads edition departs from its usual format to cover Penguin Random House v. Gibson, a recent lawsuit concerning book bans. Six publishers, the Author’s Guild and several notable authors filed a lawsuit August 29, 2024, in a US District...
by Isabella J. Miletic | Aug 1, 2025
Paradise Lost by John Milton was published in 1667. BANNED in 2023 in Orange County public schools John Milton’s Paradise Lost was among the 673 books removed from Orange County public school classrooms and libraries in 2023. This mass book ban came after the...
by Isabella J. Miletic | Jul 1, 2025
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen was published in 2006. BANNED in Alachua, Clay, Collier, Duval, Lake, Leon, Manatee, Nassau, Okaloosa, Orange, Pinellas, Polk, Santa Rosa, Seminole and St. Johns County public schools Water for Elephants is a coming-of-age...
by Isabella J. Miletic | Jun 1, 2025
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison was published in 1970. Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel Beloved. BANNED in Charlotte, Clay, Hernando, Indian River, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Nassau, Orange, Pinellas...
by Isabella J. Miletic | May 1, 2025
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire was published in 1995. It was awarded the Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners Award in 2009. BANNED in Alachua, Charlotte, Clay, Indian River, Manatee, Martin,...