High school students in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, have taken to weekly protests outside their school to oppose book bans and library funding cuts by the local school board. The actions, which began in January 2026, continue as students push back against recent curriculum changes.
Students at Elizabethtown Area High School have gathered every week since January 20, 2026, to protest decisions by the Elizabethtown Area School District board. In October 2025 the board voted unanimously to remove titles including The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas from the curriculum, citing mature themes. Additional proposed books such as Turtles All the Way Down by John Green were later rejected as well.
