![]() It’s also been the subject of numerous challenges and bannings over the years since its release, landing at #2 on the American Library Association’s list of Most Challenged Books for 2014, and at #40 on the ALA’s Most Challenged Books of 2010-2019 list. ![]() ![]() Released two parts in 20, the book has won numerous awards including multiple prizes at the Angoulême Festival in 2000, 2004, and 2005. Persepolis is Satrapi’s graphic memoir about growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran and Austria. Earlier this month TribLive, a news outlet covering Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, reported that the Franklin Regional School District has “paused” the planned teaching of Marjane Satrapi‘s Persepolis in a 9th Grade Honors English class after parents complained about the book’s language and depictions of violence. Now another award-winning graphic novel is facing similar opposition in Pennsylvania. ![]() Earlier this year Art Spiegelman‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic memoir Maus was pulled from a Tennessee school library after parents objected to its content. ![]()
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