{"id":13863,"date":"2023-08-22T09:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=13863"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:45:43","slug":"tricks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2025 \u2013 Tricks"},"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-2025\/author\/\">2025 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2025\/title\/\">2025 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><hr \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/08\/tricks.jpg\" alt=\"tricks cover\" width=\"1400\" height=\"2003\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2679\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabellcounty.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/cabell\/search\/results?qu=tricks+hopkins&amp;qf=AUTHOR%09Author%09Hopkins%2C+Ellen%09Hopkins%2C+Ellen+%7C%7C+Ellen+Hopkins%09Ellen+Hopkins+%7C%7C+Hopkins%2C+Ellen.+author.%09Hopkins%2C+Ellen.+author.&amp;qf=PUBDATE%09Publication+Date%092009%092009\">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>2025<\/h2>\n<p>Banned or challenged for being sexually explicit.<\/p>\n<p>During the August 12 board meeting of the Lehighton Area School District (PA), treasurer Sean Gleaves, a member of Moms for Liberty, called for the removal of 33 titles from school libraries. Gleaves said he believed the books were inappropriate because they contained \u201cLGBTQ issues\u201d and \u201ccritical race theory.\u201d <strong>Tricks<\/strong>, <strong>Crank<\/strong>, and <strong>Identical<\/strong> were included on his list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thirteen Reasons Why<\/strong> was one of 10 titles challenged at the St. Joseph School District (MO) by individuals associated with the Christian nationalist Herzog Foundation. 8 Other titles targeted include <strong>And Tango Makes Three<\/strong> and <strong>This Book Is Anti-Racist<\/strong>. The individuals alleged the books contain illegal obscenity and requested Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to issue warrants for the arrest of all school librarians working for the district. The books went through the district\u2019s reconsideration process. The review committee recommended retaining eight titles without restriction. After a split vote by the committee, <strong>Tricks<\/strong> and <strong>All Boys Aren\u2019t Blue<\/strong> now require parental permission for checkout.<\/p>\n<h2>2024<\/h2>\n<p>Banned or challenged for being sexually explicit, depiction of rape and drugs, and having LGBTQIA+ content.<\/p>\n<p>In March, officials of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (AK) required removal of all \u201csexually explicit\u201d titles listed on a book rating site often used by Moms for Liberty. Numerous books were removed from school libraries without following policy, including <strong>Tricks<\/strong>. In September, the school board formed a \u201cLibrary Citizens Advisory Committee\u201d to review dozens of additional titles. To date, they have censored every title reviewed. They banned 16 titles from all school libraries, including <strong>Identical<\/strong>. <strong>Crank<\/strong> was among 14 titles removed from middle school collections. On November 17, ACLU of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the district on behalf of six students claiming violation of their constitutional rights through the district\u2019s removal of 56 library books.<\/p>\n<h2>2023<\/h2>\n<p>Both <strong>Tricks<\/strong> and <strong>Crank<\/strong> were removed from libraries in the Rockwall Independent School District (TX) along with 19 other titles. No formal request for reconsideration was submitted for any of the books and no review process was followed. Prior to their removal, Hopkins\u2019 books were included on a list of titles state senator Bob Hall characterized as \u201cobscene,\u201d which was shared with district administrators by a local parents group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crank<\/strong> and <strong>Tricks<\/strong> were among seven titles removed from a High School Library in Michigan after a parent supported claims the books included \u201cpornographic content\u201d with arguments from booklooks.org. Following the removal of the initial seven, she submitted a list of 55 additional titles.<\/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 4, 2025<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * blocked in the processing de*** --><\/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-13863","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13863","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=13863"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15331,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13863\/revisions\/15331"}],"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=13863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}