Despite the positive reviews, "Persepolis" faced some attempts at censorship in school districts across the United States. In March 2013, the Chicago Public Schools ordered copies of "Persepolis" to be removed from seventh-grade classrooms after Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett determined that the book "contains graphic language and images that are not appropriate for general use." Upon hearing about the proposed ban, upperclassmen at Lane Tech High School in Chicago flocked to the library to check out "Persepolis" and organized demonstrations in protest. CPS reinstituted the book in school libraries and classrooms.