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If you’re going to ban Harry Potter, at least come up with a better reason

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

September 7, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo 23 Banned Book The Harry Potter series has been challenged for many things including glorifying witchcraft, encouraging bad behavior like disobeying rules and lying, and for being un-Christian. This recent ban though is almost laughable, but it did make the international news (click for link): Reverend Dan Reehill, head St Edward Catholic School in Nashville, Tennessee, apparently decided that the spells presented in the series were real. He supposedly consulted the Vatican on this, and had the books removed from his school library so […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: banned books, broomsticks, cbr11bingo, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hogwarts, JK Rowling, magic, witches, wizards

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:72 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: banned books, broomsticks, cbr11bingo, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hogwarts, JK Rowling, magic, witches, wizards ·
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