John Green fights back against banning of Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska has been named the most complained about book of 2015 in America for it’s ‘offensive language’ and ‘sexually explicit descriptions’ – we report on John Green’s response to the news

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John Green’s Looking for Alaska has been named the most challenged book of 2015 (challenge meaning someone requested to have the book removed from a school or library) in a survey by an American Library Association. Most complaints were for “offensive language” and “sexually explicit descriptions”.

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