Editing The Fixer (novel) (section)

==Censorship==
The book was one of several removed from school libraries by the board of education of the [[Island Trees Union Free School District]] in New York, which was the subject of [[Island Trees School District v. Pico|a U.S. Supreme Court case]] in 1982.<ref name="justia">{{cite web|title=Island Trees Sch. Dist. v. Pico by Pico 457 U.S. 853 (1982)|url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/457/853/case.html|website=Justia|access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2022, a school district in South Carolina removed the book from its library because of a parental complaint lodged against dozens of books. In 2023, after a review, the book was returned to the library.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lapin |first1=Andrew |title='Persecution of Jews is educationally significant': How a school district put a contested classic back on the shelves |url=	https://jweekly.com/2023/08/15/persecution-of-jews-is-educationally-significant-how-a-school-district-put-a-contested-classic-back-on-the-shelves/ |access-date=August 17, 2023 |publisher=The Jewish News of Northern California |date=August 15, 2023}}</ref> The book is still listed on a conservative site as a book that should be of concern to parents with a rating of "minor restricted."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Fixer |url=http://booklooks.org/data/files/Book%20Looks%20Reports/F/The%20Fixer.pdf |website=BookLooks.org |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>