![]() ![]() “Being put back on shelves also puts a big target on our back,” says Estrada. While this challenge was quickly reversed, that may not be the end of the story, they say. The creators see parallels between the book’s events and the political climate that led to its challenge. The graphic novel depicts the students being harassed and beaten by police who suspected them of possessing books that fell afoul of the regime. ![]() It was restored after a new challenge oversight committee deemed the challenge to Banned Book Club, and more than 100 other titles, to be frivolous.Ĭreated by the husband-and-wife writing team of Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada and artist Ko Hyung-Ju, Banned Book Club (Iron Circus, 2020) is based on Kim’s experiences as a college student in Korea in the 1990s, when she and her friends would meet in secret to read and discuss books that were being suppressed by the authoritarian government of the time. In April 2023, Banned Book Club, which was nominated for an Eisner Award and received a starred review from SLJ, was challenged and temporarily removed from Clay County School libraries. And while the book was returned to the shelves of the Clay County, FL, school district within a few days, its authors have a lot to say about why it was banned and how the challenger’s strategies mirror elements in the story. ![]() The graphic novel Banned Book Club was recently banned. ![]()
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