Different Seasons
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Artist: Stephen King
Year: 2012
Date of Action: October, 2012
Region: North America
Location: Rocklin, CA
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Violence, Youth
Medium: Literature
Confronting Bodies: Parent
Description of Artwork: "Different Seasons" is a collection of novellas by Stephen King. The works depart from King's signature horror style, and include texts that were later turned into the movies "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Stand by Me".
The Incident: Parents, upset by the "dark themes" present in the works, asked that the school library ban King's collection.
Results of Incident: NCAC sent a letter to the Rocklin school library, and the book ban was overturned.
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