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Lawn Boy

Jonathan Evison

“Jonathan Evison's voice is pure magic. In For Mike Muñoz, a young Chicano living in Washington State, life has been a whole lot of waiting for something to happen. Not too many years out of high school and still doing menial work—and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping cr...

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Morning Wire

The title was cited in two episodes as an example of a frequently challenged work that parents attempted to remove from school curricula. Hosts described it as controversial because it contains graphic sexual depictions of pedophilia and is promoted by the American Library Association, and it was listed among other books subject to bans. The discussion conveyed a critical view of the book’s content and its presence in schools.

Critiqued

Episode: The Battle Over Sexually Explicit Books | 4.7.23

Listed among the top challenged titles, the book was mentioned as one of the works parents have tried to pull from schools.

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Some of the other top books parents have worked to pull from schools are titled Lawn Boy, My Friend Dahmer, Out of Darkness, In the Dream House, The Hate You Give, Flamer, Looking for Alaska, Hopeless, The Handmaid's Tale, a picture book called Dim Sum for Everyone.

Episode: The Rise of Gender Ideology in Schools | 5.1.22

The discussion described the novel as controversial, noting that it contains graphic sexual descriptions of pedophilia and is promoted by the American Library Association.

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Another controversial book, also promoted by the American Library Association, is titled Lawn Boy, which includes graphic sexual descriptions of pedophilia.

Both of these books include pedophilia, sex between men and boys. ... From the author, Maya Kobabe.

The Ben Shapiro Show

This book was mentioned as one of two books Fairfax County Public Schools decided to remove from high school libraries following complaints at a school board meeting because they were considered pornography.

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There was a recent decision by Fairfax County Public Schools to remove two books, one called Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison and one called Gender Queer by Maya Kobabi from high school libraries because t...

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Episode: Ep. 1363 - Biden’s Most Pathetic Hail Mary

This book was mentioned as one of two books Fairfax County Public Schools decided to remove from high school libraries following complaints at a school board meeting because they were considered pornography.

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There was a recent decision by Fairfax County Public Schools to remove two books, one called Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison and one called Gender Queer by Maya Kobabi from high school libraries because there were complaints at a school board meeting because these are basically pornography.

The Matt Walsh Show

The book was referenced twice on the show as an example of a LGBTQ‑themed title that has faced challenges. Matt Walsh noted it among the ALA’s most‑challenged books of 2022 for its sexual content, and it was also cited as one of the texts a Fairfax County school board member used instead of a Bible during his oath. The discussion highlighted its controversial status rather than praising its literary merits.

Episode: Ep. 1280 - Democrat Staffer Fired For Filming Gay...

The book was cited as one of the titles the school board member used in place of a Bible during his oath, alongside Gender Queer and Flamer.

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Carl Frisch, who will become chairman of the Fairfax County School Board, swapped the Bible for books including Lawn Boy, Gender Queer and Flamer.

Frisch's campaign said on his website, he was sworn in on a stack of five LGBTQ themed books, most frequently banned by other school systems.

Episode: Ep. 1151 - They're Coming For Your Children And Th...

Walsh listed the title among the ALA's 13 most challenged books of 2022, noting its sexual content.

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Genderqueer, All Boys Aren't Blue, The Bluest Eye, Flamer, Looking for Alaska, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Lawn Boy, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Out of Darkness, A Court of Mist and Fury, Crank, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and This Book is Gay.

The Rubin Report

This book was cited as containing explicit passages of pedophilia and was contrasted with the removal of other books from school libraries.

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But Lawn Boy, a book containing explicit passages of pedophilia, is somehow accepted as being OK.

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Episode: Uncensored Clip of Will Smith Oscars Fight & Left...

This book was cited as containing explicit passages of pedophilia and was contrasted with the removal of other books from school libraries.

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But Lawn Boy, a book containing explicit passages of pedophilia, is somehow accepted as being OK.

Episode: Uncensored Clip of Will Smith Oscars Fight & Left...

This book was described as containing explicit passages of pedophilia and was contrasted with other books considered inappropriate for schools, highlighting a debate over book selection in libraries.

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But Lawn Boy, a book containing explicit passages of pedophilia, is somehow accepted as being OK.

The Daily Stoic

This book was mentioned in the context of a discussion about misinterpretations and misinformation spread online, regarding its content and themes.

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there was a big thing at the high school down the street from from where i live and uh this woman was protesting the the inclusion of this book called lawn boy in the in the school library which um yo...

— Episode: Former Attorney General Eric Holder on t...

Episode: Former Attorney General Eric Holder on the Value o...

This book was mentioned in the context of a discussion about misinterpretations and misinformation spread online, regarding its content and themes.

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there was a big thing at the high school down the street from from where i live and uh this woman was protesting the the inclusion of this book called lawn boy in the in the school library which um you know she she believed contained all this uh sort of gay or or or homosexual themes and the the school librarian gets up and she goes are you talking about this book lawn boy because it's literally about a boy who mose lawns you've got it confused with another book right and what had happened is she'd obviously just been told by someone on the internet about a different lawn boy book and looked at the list of books in her school

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