Monday, September 25, 2017
BANNED BOOKS WEEK
It's Banned Books Week! This is an annual event, usually held during the last week of September, in which we celebrate the freedom to read. Every year, books are challenged and/or removed from public and school libraries. The Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of the top ten most challenged books each year. The 2016 list is available here: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10#2016
For more information on Banned Books Week, visit http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/ or http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned
Here are a few books that have been challenged and/or banned in the last 25 years.
Children's Books:
George by Alex Gino
Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Young Adult Books:
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
Forever by Judy Blume
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Adult Books:
Make Something Up by Chuck Palahniuk
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Pictures from http://syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=0690013590/lc.jpg&client=arrowheadlbs&type=rn12, http://syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9780545326988/lc.jpg&client=arrowheadlbs&type=rn12, and http://syndetics.com/index.php?isbn=9780345514400/lc.jpg&client=arrowheadlbs&type=rn12
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