The Elizabeth school district will file an emergency motion to halt enforcement of the judge’s order, a spokesperson said.

My interest in banned books is how I discovered Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give. I have always loved reading stories that I could relate to real life (hence why I am now getting a degree in ...

A federal judge has twice ordered the books be returned to School District libraries, but appeals from the district have ...

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction and ordered the Elizabeth School District to lift its ban on 19 books from school ... Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, “Beloved” and ...

The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or ...

Nonprofit We Need Diverse Books will host the first "We Need Diverse Books Day" April 3 to encourage inclusive books in classrooms and bookshelves.

PEN America’s study of over 1,000 of the most commonly banned books found ... authors of color and gets diverse books into the hands of readers, says Angie Thomas, the bestselling author of ...