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|description_of_result=Book banned in the county without official challenge, review or vote.
|description_of_result=Book banned in the county without official challenge, review or vote.
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|source=[http://ncac.org/incident/looking-for-alaska-pulled-from-sumner-county-classrooms “Looking for Alaska” Pulled from Sumner County Classrooms, BY NCAC STAFF, MAY 15, 2012]
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* [http://ncac.org/incident/looking-for-alaska-pulled-from-sumner-county-classrooms “Looking for Alaska” Pulled from Sumner County Classrooms, BY NCAC STAFF, MAY 15, 2012]
[http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/tennessee-county-bans-ya-alaska-oral-sex-scene-not-steinbeck-school-officials-blog-entry-1.1638256 Tennessee county bans YA novel "Looking for Alaska" because of oral sex scene: This is not Steinbeck, school officials say, BY ALEXANDER NAZARYAN  PAGE VIEWS Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2012]
* [http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews/tennessee-county-bans-ya-alaska-oral-sex-scene-not-steinbeck-school-officials-blog-entry-1.1638256 Tennessee county bans YA novel "Looking for Alaska" because of oral sex scene: This is not Steinbeck, school officials say, BY ALEXANDER NAZARYAN  PAGE VIEWS Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2012]
 
* [http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/lookingforalaska.asp History of banning]
[http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/lookingforalaska.asp History of banning]
* [http://www.nj.com/burlington/index.ssf/2015/10/nj_district_bans_john_greens_looking_for_alaska_re.html N.J. school district bans John Green's 'Looking for Alaska', By Michelle Caffrey, October 15, 2015]
 
* [https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/apr/26/john-green-looking-for-alaska-banned-censorship John Green fights back against banning of Looking for Alaska, Amy Coles, Tuesday 26 April 2016]
[http://www.nj.com/burlington/index.ssf/2015/10/nj_district_bans_john_greens_looking_for_alaska_re.html N.J. school district bans John Green's 'Looking for Alaska', By Michelle Caffrey, October 15, 2015]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/28/battle-keep-looking-for-alaska-kentucky-school-curriculum-john-green-ya US battle over banning Looking for Alaska continues in Kentucky: Free-speech groups have added their voices to support the teaching of John Green’s YA novel, in the face of one parent’s complaint about its ‘filth’, Alison Flood, Thursday 28 April 2016 10.52 EDT]


[https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/apr/26/john-green-looking-for-alaska-banned-censorship John Green fights back against banning of Looking for Alaska, Amy Coles, Tuesday 26 April 2016]
[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/28/battle-keep-looking-for-alaska-kentucky-school-curriculum-john-green-ya US battle over banning Looking for Alaska continues in Kentucky: Free-speech groups have added their voices to support the teaching of John Green’s YA novel, in the face of one parent’s complaint about its ‘filth’, Alison Flood, Thursday 28 April 2016 10.52 EDT]
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Similar objections led to the book being removed in Depew, NY, despite a permission slip already being required. That removal was subsequently reversed.
Similar objections led to the book being removed in Depew, NY, despite a permission slip already being required. That removal was subsequently reversed.