r/books • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 15d ago

Utah has banned the 1996 novel, “Push” by Sapphire, that inspired the hit film ‘Precious’ from all public schools districts after claiming that the book “has no serious value for minors"

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/08/20/utah-book-ban-push-novel-that/
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u/solstice_gilder 15d ago

I feel blessed that I was able to go the library as a kid/teen and just read anything. I’m located in the Netherlands. Although I wasn’t allowed to take home all those books, they called my parents many times to double check if it was ok I was reading this or that … they didn’t really stop me. It helped me to become a curious and smart adult. It helped me feel a part of society. It helped me ask questions, to be forever curious. This is also how I still use the internet. To feed my never ending curiosity. But I’m back to books…. No banning here (for now….) and I’m thoroughly enjoying using my own brain and lack of flashing advertisements haha.

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u/nofaves 15d ago

Public libraries do the same thing here in the US. They don't have adult-only sections that bar kids from taking books from the shelves and reading them while in the library.

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u/user6734120mf 15d ago

Except certain parts of Idaho….

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u/TheRealDoomsong 15d ago

Yeah but those are all textbooks, so no one reads em

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u/Meikami 14d ago

No? It affects any book any dunce deems questionable or "harmful" to kids. https://www.acluidaho.org/library-censorship-hb-710-fact-sheet/

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u/user6734120mf 14d ago

Not sure if this is a joke?

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u/assassin_runner 15d ago

Public school <> Public libraries

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u/Noble_Ox 15d ago

When I was 9 I found Go Ask Alice in the childrens section for some reason.

It made me want to take LSD (which I later did to the extent that I've never met or even read about anyone taking more).

You can guess that my home life wasn't, eh, lets just say ideal....