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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agencies

Toni Morrison novel The Bluest Eye off banned list in St Louis schools

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents.
Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents. Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP

qA banned book by the Nobel laureate Toni Morrison will be available again to high school students in a district in St Louis, Missouri, after the Wentzville school board reversed its decision to ban The Bluest Eye, in the face of criticism and a class-action lawsuit.

The board made national news last month when it voted 4-3 to remove the book from school libraries, citing themes of racism, incest and child molestation.

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