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In Virginia, Censors Attempt to Axe 'Wishtree'
The Floyd County Public Schools suspended reading of Katherine Applegate's Wishtree due to complaints about the depiction of a monoecious red oak with nonbinary identity.
The decision to suspend the community reading event was influenced by concerns about certain material in the book raised by a community member. [ more ]