When this German-born 12 year-old recieved a diary for her birthday, she never expected her daily entries would one day become a banned book in Florida. Her writings (the original version, not a later graphic novel illustrated version) joined Schindler's List, Maus, The Fixer, along with dictionaries, the Guinness Book of World Records, science books by National Geographic and even thesaureses being removed from school libraries and classrooms in Escambia County, FL in 2024. The book is Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, first published in 1947, and the group wanting it banned due to "sexual content" has ties to the national organization, Moms For Liberty.
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