{"id":2409,"date":"2019-09-09T10:33:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T15:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=2409"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:31:03","slug":"forever","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2025 &#8211; Forever"},"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<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/forever.jpg\" alt=\"forever\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/forever.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/forever-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabe.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/cabell\/search\/results?qu=forever+judy+blume&amp;te=\">Held at Cabell County Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b2005093~S12\">Drinko Library Juvenile Collection &#8211; Jf B658fo<\/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><strong>Looking for Alaska<\/strong> was one of eight titles at the Pickens County Public Library (SC) that were targeted for censorship in 2024. Individuals spoke out at board meetings and wrote letters to the editor of <strong>The Pickens County Courier<\/strong> falsely claiming that the books were illegal, \u201cobscene,\u201d and \u201cmaterials harmful to children.\u201d  <strong>Drama<\/strong>, <strong>Flamer<\/strong>, <strong>Gender Queer<\/strong>, <strong>Forever<\/strong>, and <strong>Fade<\/strong> were retained without restriction. <strong>All Boys Aren\u2019t Blue<\/strong> and <strong>Looking for Alaska<\/strong> were moved from the Young Adult section to Adult Biography and Adult Fiction, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2>2019<\/h2>\n<p>A teacher at the East Knox Elementary School (Howard, OH) gave a 5th-grader Judy Blume&#8217;s book about a high school senior which addresses (among other things) issues of teen sexuality. After a verbal parental complaint, the teacher was put on more than two weeks paid leave while the school investigated. The teacher returned, agreeing that the book &#8211; which was part of her private collection &#8211; was inappropriate for a 5th-grader.<\/p>\n<h2>2006<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged in the Fayetteville (AR) Middle and Junior High School libraries along with more than 50 other titles as being too sexually explicit and promoting homosexuality.<\/p>\n<h2>2003<\/h2>\n<p>Returned to Elgin (IL) middle school libraries after a four year absence.<\/p>\n<h2>2002<\/h2>\n<p>Returned to Elgin, (IL) middle school libraries after having been banned in 1997.<\/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 5, 2025<\/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":39,"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-2409","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2409","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15341,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2409\/revisions\/15341"}],"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=2409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}