Isabella (Izzy) Miletic is a junior Economics and Literature student at Florida State University. She is a board member of the League of Women Voters of Tallahassee, where she began publishing Forbidden Florida Reads. Forbidden Florida Reads is Izzy’s original monthly column that highlights a book banned in at least one Florida school district. Some of her previous columns discussed “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison, and “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton. This month she departed from reviewing specific books to report on important news: Here is an excerpt:

“Six major publishers, the Author’s Guild and several notable authors filed a lawsuit August 29, 2024, in a US District Court against Florida public officials. The lawsuit targeted HB 1069, a bill responsible for many of the mass book bans in Florida school districts since the bill was signed into law by Governor DeSantis on May 18, 2023. Forbidden Florida Reads. On August 13, 2025, U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza issued his decision in favor of the plaintiffs. Judge Mendoza struck down major portions of HB 1069 as “overbroad and unconstitutional.” While the law (2024 Florida Statute Section 1006.28) remains in effect, it is significantly narrowed in scope.”
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