Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association released Thursday.More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the association in 2022, nearly double the then-record total from 2021 and by far the most since the ALA began keeping data 20 years ago.맥스카지노�I've never seen anything like this,맥스카지노� says Deborah Caldwell-Stone, who directs the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. 맥스카지노�The last two years have been exhausting, frightening, outrage inducing.맥스카지노�Thursday's report not only documents the growing number of challenges, but also their changing nature. A few years ago, complaints usually arose with parents and other community members and referred to an individual book. Now, the requests are often for multiple removals, and organized by national groups such as the conservative Moms for Liberty, which has a mission of 맥스카지노�unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.맥스카지노�Last year, more than 2,500 different books were objected to, compared to 1,858 in 2021 and just 566 in 2019. In numerous cases, hundreds of books were challenged in a single complaint. The ALA bases its findings on media accounts and voluntary reporting from libraries and acknowledges that the numbers might be far higher.Librarians around the country have told of being harassed and threatened with violence or legal action.맥스카지노�Every day professional librarians sit down with parents to thoughtfully determine what reading material is best suited for their child맥스카지노�s needs," ALA President Lessa Kanani맥스카지노�opua Pelayo-Lozada said in a statement. 맥스카지노�Now, many library workers face threats to their employment, their personal safety, and in some cases, threats of prosecution for providing books to youth they and their parents want to read.맥스카지노�Caldwell-Stone says that some books have been targeted by liberals because of racist language 맥스카지노� notably Mark Twain's 맥스카지노�The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn맥스카지노� 맥스카지노� but the vast majority of complaints come from conservatives, directed at works with LGBTIQA+ or racial themes. They include Maia Kobabe's 맥스카지노�Gender Queer,맥스카지노� Jonathan Evison's 맥스카지노�Lawn Boy," Angie Thomas' 맥스카지노�The Hate U Give맥스카지노� and a book-length edition of the 맥스카지노�1619 Project,맥스카지노� the Pulitzer Prize-winning report from The New York Times on the legacy of slavery in the U.S.Bills facilitating the restriction of books have been proposed or passed in Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma, among other states. In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved laws to review reading materials and limit classroom discussion of gender identity and race books pulled indefinitely or temporarily include John Green's 맥스카지노�Looking for Alaska,맥스카지노� Colleen Hoover's 맥스카지노�Hopeless,맥스카지노� Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel 맥스카지노�The Handmaid's Tale맥스카지노� and Grace Lin's picture story 맥스카지노�Dim Sum for Everyone!맥스카지노�More recently, Florida's Martin County school district removed dozens of books from its middle schools and high schools, including numerous works by novelist Jodi Picoult, Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning 맥스카지노�Beloved맥스카지노� and James Patterson's 맥스카지노�Maximum Ride맥스카지노� thrillers, a decision which the bestselling author has criticized on Twitter as 맥스카지노�arbitrary and borderline absurd.맥스카지노�DeSantis has called reports of mass bannings a 맥스카지노�hoax," saying in a statement released earlier this month that the allegations reveal 맥스카지노�some are attempting to use our schools for indoctrination.맥스카지노�Some books do come back. Officials at Florida's Duval County Public Schools were widely criticized after they removed 맥스카지노�Roberto Clemente: The Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates,맥스카지노� a children's biography of the late Puerto Rican baseball star. In February, they announced the book would again be on shelves, explaining that they needed to review it and make sure it didn't violate any state laws.