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1:03Now PlayingThe Keller Independent School District in Texas is reviewing at least 41 books that the school board has recommended to ban from school libraries.
RELATEDBanned booksWhat a new wave of restrictions could mean for students
Ahead of the first day of school, the Keller Independent School District is removing all books that were challenged last year within the school district, including the Bible, “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and a graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank’s “The Diary of Young Girl.”
The direction to remove all 41 books surprised some local residents because a school district committee made up of members of the public met last year and recommended that some of the books now being removed — including Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and “Anne Frank’s Diary” — remain in student libraries.
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