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Award for NJ school librarian who fought ban on LGBTQ books

Lemony Snicket Prize goes to Martha Hickson of North Hunterdon Regional High School

08/12/2022

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Award for NJ school librarian who fought ban on LGBTQ books

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Lemony Snicket Prize goes to Martha Hickson of North Hunterdon Regional High School

Martha Hickson, a school librarian at North Hunterdon Regional High School in Annandale, resisted when a ban was attempted on five LGBTQ books last September. Hickson's refusal to ban the books earned her the American Library Association’s Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity.

08/12/2022

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