On March 20, 1992, King released a statement in response to the banning of two books in Florida schools — "The Dead Zone" and "The Tommyknockers" — and commented on this long-standing censorship trend and its impact on the younger generation: "They [the book banners] had pulled two of my books, The Dead Zone' and 'The Tommyknockers,' from the middle-school library shelves and were considering making them limited-access items in the high school library. What that means is that you can take the book out if you bring a note from your mom or your dad saying it's OK [...] If you [the parents] are not careful and diligent about defending the right of your children to read, there won't be much left, especially at the junior-high level where kids really begin to develop a lively life of the mind."
Author: staff@slashfilm.com (Debopriyaa Dutta)
Published at: 2025-05-24 21:00:00
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