US EditionUtah Bans Three More Books From Public Schools — Including the Source for a Blockbuster Movie
Utah's ban includes 22 books after removals by three districts under a 2024 law targeting 'objective sensitive material' in public schools.
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Salt Lake TribuneUtah bans three more books from public schools — including the source for a blockbuster movie
More book bans are ushering in the 2026 winter semester, with three new titles added to Utah’s growing list of books prohibited in public schools.
‘Wicked’ added to Utah’s statewide school book ban list as total rises to 22
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Utah’s statewide list of books prohibited in public school libraries grew again Monday, Jan. 5, as three additional titles met the threshold for removal under a 2024 law that can turn a handful of district decisions into a statewide ban. Newly added to the list are “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” by Gregory Maguire; “Nineteen Minutes” by Jodi Picoult; and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Step…
The American Union of Civil Liberties of Utah (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the state on Tuesday for a law requiring public schools and their libraries to remove a wide range of books, considering it unconstitutional and ignoring the literary value of those works. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Kurt Vonnegut’s Heritage; award-winning authors Elana K. Arnold, Ellen Hopkins and Amy Reed; and two anonymous students from Utah’s public high scho…
Utah Begins 2026 by Banning Three Books at All Public Schools Statewide, Leads U.S. In Bans
To begin the new year at public schools across the state, Utah officials banned three more books. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky join 19 other titles on a state-sanctioned ban list and must now be removed from all schools. These new removals officially put Utah at the top of states with the most banned books, b…
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