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Cover of Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Nickel and Dimed

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Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich takes several low-wage jobs to describe, in concrete terms, the difficulty of housing, transport, and economic survival in the United States.

First publication
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Original language
English
ISBN-10
0312626681
ISBN-13
9780312626686
ASIN
0312626681

Why was Nickel and Dimed challenged?

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States. The book appears on the ALA list of the 100 most frequently challenged books from 2010 to 2019.

The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.

Readers who search “why was Nickel and Dimed banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.

Bans and restrictions

  1. At risk · School

    The book appears on the ALA list of the 100 most frequently challenged books from 2010 to 2019.

    Local challenges listed by the ALA.

Other questions

Is Nickel and Dimed banned?
In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
Why was Nickel and Dimed challenged?
The book appears on the ALA list of the 100 most frequently challenged books from 2010 to 2019.

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