Banning The Book 'Identical' By Ellen Hopkins

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Why is Identical Banned

there are many reasons books are banned.a good example of a banned book is a book called “Identical”by Ellen Hopkins.this book is banned because of its material you will understand the more i talk about it. a book can be banned for many different reasons violence, foul language, sexual abuses, drugs, rape.By examming this book and researching this book I understand why this book is banned. the first reason this book is banned is because of the sexual content in this book, in the book the father, named Raymond,sexualy abuses one of the twins,kaeleigh, for along time.she dont tell anyone about it because she wanted to please everyone. the other twin,her name is Raeanne,she longs for the attention for her father and

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