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A Chicago-based librarian has transformed a real-world controversy over banned books into a compelling graphic novel that explores censorship in schools.<\/p>

Jarrett Dapier, who works as a librarian, has authored a graphic novel that recreates the 2013 incident when Chicago Public Schools limited student access to “Persepolis,” the acclaimed memoir by Marjane Satrapi.<\/p>

The book presents a fictional retelling of the actual events that unfolded more than a decade ago, when school officials placed restrictions on Satrapi’s autobiographical work about growing up during the Islamic Revolution in Iran.<\/p>

Dapier’s graphic novel offers readers insight into the complexities surrounding book challenges in educational environments, drawing directly from the real experiences that occurred within the Chicago school system.<\/p>

The work represents a creative approach to documenting and discussing the ongoing debates about which materials should be available to students in school libraries and classrooms.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Chicago librarian has written a graphic novel based on real events from 2013 when the city’s public schools restricted student access to a controversial memoir. The fictional story draws from actual experiences with book challenges in educational settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773337934718.jpg?fit=1142%2C1617&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-9cd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14058,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/bill-introduced-in-delaware-to-preserve-student-and-public-access-to-reading-materials\/","url_meta":{"origin":35353,"position":0},"title":"Bill Introduced in Delaware to Preserve Student and Public Access to Reading Materials","author":"admin","date":"April 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Delaware \u2014 Delaware lawmakers have introduced new legislation aimed at protecting public access to books and educational materials in schools and libraries, amid a national uptick in efforts to remove certain titles. 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