Florida school district bans book called 'Ban This Book'

(NewsNation) — A Florida school district voted to ban a book about banning books in May — and the irony isn't lost on those criticizing the move.

The Tallahassee Democrat reported that the Indian River County School Board voted to remove "Ban This Book" by Alan Gratz 3-2, going against a decision by the district's book-review committee to keep it.

Written in 2017, the novel is about a fourth-grade girl who creates a secret library in her locker filled with banned books after "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs.