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The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

The Student News Source Of Kennedy High School

Kennedy Torch

Thematic map displaying book ban attempts nationally in 2022.

Source: American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom

Silencing Stories: Iowa Book Bans and the Censorship Struggle

Samuella Kasha, Writer March 5, 2024

Book banning is counterproductive.  The purpose of education is to provide young adults with factual and pertinent knowledge by teaching them about various subjects and history in a supervised setting....

A student at Kennedy High School pulling a book off of the shelf.

I Bet You Won’t Read This

Maggie Talbott-Malone and Lindsey Matus November 13, 2019

High school students have been trading in their books and replacing them with screens as they try to stay connected to an ever changing world of digital media.  As daily screen time has increased over...

Book Review: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Book Review: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Dalissyana Al-Hisnawi, Writer May 19, 2017

My favorite book of all time is by far The Boy in The Striped Pajamas.  This novel gives us a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during...

!3 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher

Review: 13 Reasons Why

Irma Dizdarevic, Writer April 28, 2017

13 Reasons Why is blowing up. The 13 episode TV show currently available on only Netflix, is getting tons of attention right now. This show is heart-wrenching, dark and twisted. I promise that you will...

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