Why Are Books Banned

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Why Are Books Banned?
Why are books banned? There are many banned and challenged books out there but why are they banned and is it for the right reasons? One banned book is the book Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark: More Tales to Chill Your Bones.There are a many reasons why this book is banned but I will tell you three. The reasons for its being banned are gore, horror, and cannibalism.

The first reason my story is banned is because of gore. One example of gore in my book is in the story The Dead Hand where it describes how Tom Pattison gets his hand ripped off by “The Dead Hand” and how “...there was nothing but a ragged stump oozing blood.” Also, in that story, there is a very gory picture of some creature with flesh falling off of his

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