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The Guardian - US
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Olivia Empson

‘State-driven censorship’: new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts

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‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ is among the books that have been taken off school shelves in Florida. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A new wave of book bans has hit Florida school districts, with hundreds of titles being pulled from library and classroom shelves as the school year kicks off.

The Republican-dominated state, which has already had the highest rate of book bans nationwide this year, is continuing to censor reading materials in schools, bowing to external pressures in an effort to avoid conflict and government retaliation.

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