Co-Sponsor the Books Save Lives Act

PEN America counted 6,870 school book bans in 2024-2025, concentrated in states whose laws push removals.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 24, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Book Bans Who is pulling books from schools and libraries, and what the law says

The Letter

Subject Co-Sponsor the Books Save Lives Act

Kids should be able to walk into their school library and find books that tell the truth about the world, including books about people like them. Right now that is disappearing.

PEN America counted 6,870 book bans in public schools in the 2024-2025 school year, and it reports the bans mostly target books about race and racism and books featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ people. In Tennessee, one county pulled 574 titles, including a Magic Tree House book about the Olympics, because of a statue on its cover.

The Books Save Lives Act, H.R. 8235, would require a trained librarian and diverse collections in schools that receive federal funds, and would treat removals that fall hardest on one group of people as evidence of discrimination.

Please cosponsor the Books Save Lives Act so every student can find themselves on the shelf.

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I'm calling to ask the Representative to cosponsor the Books Save Lives Act, H.R. 8235.
PEN America counted 6,870 book bans in public schools in the 2024-2025 school year, most aimed at books about race and racism and books featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ people.
The bill would require a trained librarian and diverse collections in federally funded schools, and treat discriminatory removals as a civil rights problem.
Please cosponsor it so every student can find themselves on the shelf.

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The Facts Behind the Ask

6,870 school book bans in 2024-2025, hitting nearly 4,000 titles in 23 states (PEN America) (source)
574 titles one Tennessee county pulled after a 2024 state law change, including a Magic Tree House fact book (source)
18 cosponsors of H.R. 8235 as of September 24, 2026, with no committee action since April (source)

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