The award-winning graphic novel Persepolis is no longer allowed to be taught to seventh graders in Chicago. Earlier this month, Chicago's public schools received guidance that all copies of the novel should be removed from classrooms and libraries, but the ban was later reduced to cover "general use in the seventh grade curriculum." Its suitability for eighth, ninth, and tenth grade students is still being examined. First published in 2000, Persepolis was a commercial and critical success. The book is an autobiographical account of author Marjane Satrapi’s childhood, set against the backdrop of the 1979 Iranian revolution, her adolescence in France, and her eventual return to Iran. The 2007 film adaption of the book was nominated in... Continue reading…
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