Stephen King's Books Keep Getting Banned in U.S. Schools

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I tried to read Stephen King’s IT when I was 12. The miniseries had been a source of dread for me for years, but at the age of ten, it stopped seeming so scary. I rented the VHS often, and then, when my aunt told me that the book was way better, I checked it out at the library. No muss, no fuss. I remember getting to a moment when one of the lead characters shoved their husband’s hand between their legs, and never got any farther.

It wasn’t that the particular scene made me feel a certain way. I didn’t even understand what was happening (nor did I grasp the wider, darker implications of what was going on). The main deterrent was that I was not a good reader. Making my w

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