{"id":5145,"date":"2020-07-14T10:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=5145"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:11:01","slug":"clockwork-orange","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/clockwork-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2026 &#8211; A Clockwork Orange"},"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<p><hr \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2020\/07\/clockwork-orange.jpg\" alt=\"a clockwork orange\" width=\"1400\" height=\"2003\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2679\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1340473~S12\">Held at Marshall University (Drinko &#8211;  PR6052.U638 C5 1986).<\/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>21 challenges, including 21 multi-title challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (TX) removed 277 titles from its libraries, including <strong>A Clockwork Orange<\/strong>, other literary classics, and popular children\u2019s fiction. Administrators claimed this was necessary to comply with HB 900. Approximately 450 additional titles were placed on a list of books prohibited from use or purchase in the district. This list included books approved under the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills state standards for use in lesson plans.<\/p>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s Your Tea Party and Florida Citizen&#8217;s Alliance challenged 14 books, alleging that the books were &#8220;obscene and\/or pornographic material&#8221; under Florida law. The school libraries only carried 10 of the 14 books including <b>Almost Perfect<\/b> by Brian Katcher, <b>Angela&#8217;s Ashes<\/b> by Frank McCourt, <b>The Women of Brewster&#8217;s Place<\/b> by Gloria Naylor, <b>The Bluest Eye<\/b> by Toni Morrison, <b>The Truth About Alice<\/b> by Jennifer Mathieu, <b>Dreaming in Cuban<\/b> by Christina Garcia, <b>Killing Mr. Griffin<\/b> by Lois Duncan, <b>The Awakening<\/b> by Kate Chopin, <b>A Clockwork Orange<\/b> by Anthony Burgess, and <b>Beloved<\/b> by Toni Morrison. The Superintendent of the Marion County (FL) Public Schools removed all the available books from middle schools. As required by their policies, she convened a committee to review the remaining nine books to determine the educational value of the content for high school students. The committee recommended their retention, and the superintendent approved the recommendation. The groups then appealed the retention of three of those titles to the school board, which voted to keep them.<\/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 3, 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-5145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5145","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=5145"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16152,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5145\/revisions\/16152"}],"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=5145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}