{"id":13266,"date":"2023-06-30T14:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T18:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=13266"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:14:24","slug":"wicked","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2009 &#8211; Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2026\/author\/\">2026 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2026\/title\/\">2026 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/06\/wicked.jpg\" alt=\"whispers from the dead cover\" width=\"304\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabellcounty.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/cabell\/search\/results?qu=WICKED%3A+THE+LIFE+AND+TIMES+OF+THE+WICKED+WITCH+OF+THE+WEST&amp;te=&amp;rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle\">Held at Cabell County Public Library.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2026<\/h2>\n<p>19 challenges, including 19 multi-title challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, <strong>Wicked<\/strong> was removed from the school districts in Tooele, Davis, and Washington Counties in Utah. This triggered a statewide ban of the book from all schools as required under Utah HB 29 (\u201cSensitive Material Review Amendments\u201d), bringing the total to 22 books banned throughout the state over complaints in a handful of counties. The complaints in Tooele County came from an individual who is neither a staff member nor the parent of a student. On January 6, 2026, the ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of provisions of HB 29 on behalf of two high school students; the Kurt Vonnegut estate; and authors Elana K. Arnold, Ellen Hopkins, and Amy Reed.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13266"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16197,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13266\/revisions\/16197"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}