![]() ![]() But last fall, a local high school teacher challenged it and more than a hundred other books. ULABY: "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" was also a hit movie. LOGAN LERMAN: (As Charlie) I really want to turn things around this year. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER") They range from a Nobel Prize winner's first novel to a popular coming-of-age bestseller that came out in the 1990s. ![]() ![]() NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: Escambia County in northwest Florida has removed or restricted at least 16 books from public school libraries and classrooms. As NPR's Neda Ulaby reports, Penguin Random House is part of a coalition including parents and authors that filed a federal lawsuit today challenging bans in one Florida county. The largest book publisher in the country has joined forces with PEN America to push back against book banning. ![]()
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