{"id":410,"date":"2023-12-26T21:37:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T03:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.re-faith.org\/?p=410"},"modified":"2023-12-26T21:37:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T03:37:50","slug":"so-not-a-great-day-then-banned-book-qotd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.re-faith.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/26\/so-not-a-great-day-then-banned-book-qotd\/","title":{"rendered":"So, not a great day then? \u2013 banned book QOTD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"banned-book-QoTD\" class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p id=\"QoTD\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">&#8220;Stupid stupid stupid. Stupid. Stupid body. Stupid brain. Stupid boys and stupid girls. Stupid everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li class=\"single-item-list\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">from <em><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/george\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Publisher's book listing\">George<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/arts\/educational-magazines\/kuklin-susan-1941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Encyclopedia.com entry\">Alex Gino<\/a>, a frequently banned book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\".single-item-list\" id=\"hitlist\"><strong>#1<\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">American Library Association&#8217;s<\/a> list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/bbooks\/frequentlychallengedbooks\/top10\/archive#:~:text=Top%2010%20Most%20Challenged%20Books%20of%202021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So, sometimes we don&#8217;t have anything profound to say. We want to support Alex Gino, whose book <em>George<\/em> has often been challenged or banned across the US. Want to read more from frequently-banned books? 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