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To protest Utah’s book bans, more than 300 pack into Capitol Rotunda to read

One author, whose novel “Like a Love Story” was banned from all Utah schools last year, also addressed the crowd.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Arianne Hellewell, center, helps her daughter Lily Hellewell, 3, read as her son Hyrum Hellewell, 9, also reads as Let Utah Read hosts its annual read-in at the Utah Capitol Rotunda in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026.