Book Censorship In Schools

Before getting into detail about the books itself it is important to look at book censorship as a whole. Book censorship is considered a controversial topic a lot of times because it is part of the First Amendment and is considered as intellectual freedom. Intellectual freedom has had schools taken to court because students and parents believed by the school board not allowing certain types of books it was violating their First Amendment rights. Many times the courts do favor to the students because the school boards are responsible for the education provided at the schools but can not allow books to be banned because they do not agree with the ideas or opinions portrayed. Reasons for books to be put into question are profanity, violence,