Have you ever read a book that was 'banned'?

And did it make the experience much more enjoyable?

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Definitely! Look at all these books that were banned in Florida & Texas! It would be hard to not have read at least one of them! Personally I've read banned books by Toni Morrison and Sherman Alexie. And all 7 Harry Potter books were banned in a bunch of Texas school systems; I've read all of them.
[b]https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/harry-potter-series-tops-list-banned-books-texas-according-aclu-report[/b]

Some books banned in Florida schools

[b]https://www.theledger.com/story/news/state/2022/04/26/florida-school-book-bans-these-library-titles-being-reviewed-school-boards/9542938002/[/b]

"From July 2021 to June 2022, PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans lists 2,532 instances of individual books being banned, affecting 1,648 unique book titles."

[b]https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/[/b]

Also see https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/book-bans-florida-public-schools/

I don't know WHY Florida banned so many math books, but they did.
[quote] May 6, 2022 — A Florida Department of Education review of 132 math books has led to the banning of more than 40% of them.[/quote]
[b]https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2022/05/06/florida-bans-more-than-40--oif-math-books-after-review[/b]

Florida passed a law in 2022 that said educators could be prosecuted for 3rd degree felony if they display any unapproved books.

And nobody knows what's been approved.

So the only safe way for educators to stay out of jail is to HIDE ALL THE BOOKS!!!