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Silent Book Club's Orange County chapters back banned books

Original: Silent Book Club and its O.C. chapters stand behind banned titles

Silent Book Club and its chapters in Orange County, California, are publicly standing behind banned books, the Los Angeles Times reports. The organization, known for members reading together in silence at local gatherings, is aligning itself with titles that have been removed or challenged, adding a community reading group to the growing list of voices pushing back against book bans.

Why now: Book bans and challenges remain a heated cultural and political debate in the United States, drawing wide attention whenever organizations take a public stand.

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