Utah bans "Thirteen Reasons Why" in public schools

• It's the 19th title included under the state's sensitive materials law.
• State law requires schools to remove published works deemed inappropriate by at least three districts; in this case, those were Nebo, Tooele and Washington.

Between the lines: A teen drama series based on the novel was released in 2017 on Netflix and was widely criticized for how it portrayed teen suicide.

Context: A Mesa County Valley School District official in Colorado temporarily pulled the text in 2017 as the community grappled with multiple students who died by suicide, per CBS News.

• It was later returned to shelves after librarians and counselors determined the Netflix series was more graphic than the book itself.

Catch up quick: Sara Gruen's hit novel "Water for Elephants," later adapted into a film starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon, was banned from Utah schools earlier this year.

• Other popular works prohibited in state schools include Margaret Atwood's "Oryx and Crake" and "Tilt" by Ellen Hopkins.