{"id":203,"date":"2023-12-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/?p=203"},"modified":"2023-12-07T22:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:43:33","slug":"make-it-a-unique-mess-banned-book-quote-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/08\/make-it-a-unique-mess-banned-book-quote-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Make it a unique mess\u2013banned book quote of\u00a0the\u00a0day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"banned-book-QoTD\" class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p id=\"QoTD\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">&#8220;You don\u2019t know what goes on in anyone\u2019s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person\u2019s life, you\u2019re not messing with just that part&#8230;. you\u2019re messing with their entire life. Everything&#8230;affects everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"single-item-list\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penguinrandomhousehighereducation.com\/book\/?isbn=9780451478290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Publisher's book link\">13 Reasons Why<\/a><\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/jayasher.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Author's blog\">Jay Asher<\/a>, a frequently banned book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\".single-item-list\" id=\"hitlist\"><strong>#3<\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">American Library Association&#8217;s<\/a> list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/bbooks\/frequentlychallengedbooks\/decade2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">top 100 most banned and challenged books, 2010-2019<\/a>.  See <a href=\"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/about-us\/\" title=\"About Re:\">what we are doing about it at Re:<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You don\u2019t know what goes on in anyone\u2019s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person\u2019s life, you\u2019re not messing with just that part&#8230;. you\u2019re messing with their entire life. Everything&#8230;affects everything.&#8221; #3 on the American Library Association&#8217;s list of top 100 most banned and challenged books, 2010-2019. 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