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Fla. just banned this book....It's available online to read for free. (Original Post) Dixiegrrrl 13 hrs ago OP
What reason is given, if any? efhmc 13 hrs ago #1
Too much reference to sexuality in it. MineralMan 13 hrs ago #3
Read it ages ago. Lots of swooning over movie stars is the only thing sexual I can recall. efhmc 12 hrs ago #8
Can't be found lame54 13 hrs ago #2
Interesting. It was working this am when I read it. Dixiegrrrl 11 hrs ago #13
Here is a PDF of the book, as translated into English. MineralMan 13 hrs ago #4
Thanks!!!!! Dixiegrrrl 11 hrs ago #12
Your link is dead. intheflow 12 hrs ago #5
Florida didn't ban the Diary of Ann Frank Prairie Gates 12 hrs ago #6
I misspoke. It was a Fla. High School district. Dixiegrrrl 11 hrs ago #16
Not even a high school district. Ms. Toad 10 hrs ago #17
Hey you malaise 12 hrs ago #7
We had to read that book in my all girls catholic high school in the early 70's kimbutgar 12 hrs ago #9
Do you know why it was banned? usonian 12 hrs ago #10
Fla.said there was sexual stuff in it. Dixiegrrrl 11 hrs ago #11
"Sexual" is in the mind of the beholder. usonian 11 hrs ago #14
There's little girls in it. Iggo 9 hrs ago #18
This appears to be both old and disproven. Ms. Toad 11 hrs ago #15
Have they banned Mein Kampf? SocialDemocrat61 9 hrs ago #19
The item you requested has an error. nt LAS14 8 hrs ago #20
I would either delete or update OP to show that is not the case..one school banned a graphic novel adaption EX500rider 8 hrs ago #21
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago #22

MineralMan

(151,016 posts)
3. Too much reference to sexuality in it.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:36 PM
13 hrs ago

Read it. It's a diary of an adolescent young girl.

efhmc

(16,443 posts)
8. Read it ages ago. Lots of swooning over movie stars is the only thing sexual I can recall.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:32 PM
12 hrs ago

Sure hope those young readers do not have any access to the internet.

Dixiegrrrl

(199 posts)
16. I misspoke. It was a Fla. High School district.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:15 PM
11 hrs ago

For some reason my tablet is not copying links.

Ms. Toad

(38,464 posts)
17. Not even a high school district.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:46 PM
10 hrs ago

All I can find is that a graphic novel of the diary was banned.

kimbutgar

(27,081 posts)
9. We had to read that book in my all girls catholic high school in the early 70's
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:34 PM
12 hrs ago

I can’t believe it’s a banned book !

Dixiegrrrl

(199 posts)
11. Fla.said there was sexual stuff in it.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:57 PM
11 hrs ago

I've read it a couple of times, that isn't the issue.

The Broadway play got a Pulitzer.

Iggo

(49,826 posts)
18. There's little girls in it.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:08 PM
9 hrs ago

And when Republicans think of little girls, they think of sex.

They can’t help it.

Ms. Toad

(38,464 posts)
15. This appears to be both old and disproven.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:09 PM
11 hrs ago
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-ban-diary-anne-frank/

In short - a graphic novel was removed from some school library shelves (not the actual book). It was not banned from schools, let alone in all of Florida.

EX500rider

(12,317 posts)
21. I would either delete or update OP to show that is not the case..one school banned a graphic novel adaption
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:29 PM
8 hrs ago
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