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In response to increasing attempts at book bans, Moorestown library becomes first ‘book sanctuary’ in South Jersey

The Burlington County library joins about three dozen book sanctuaries statewide, mostly in North Jersey where the movement began last year with Hoboken Public Library.

Joan Serpico, director of the Moorestown Library, at the sanctuary shelf. The library has become a book sanctuary, the first in South Jersey under a growing movement in the state to protect book freedom.
Joan Serpico, director of the Moorestown Library, at the sanctuary shelf. The library has become a book sanctuary, the first in South Jersey under a growing movement in the state to protect book freedom.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer