Banned Books Week 2016: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
September 25 - October 1
1984, by George Orwell
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Lolita, by Vladmir Nabokov
The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
Ulysses, by James Joyce
Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
from ALA.org
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"Statistics." Stand Up For Your Right to Read Banned and Challenged Books, American Library Association, 2016, www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/statistics. Accessed 21 Sept. 2016.
Challenge: An attempt to remove or restrict materials, based on the objections of a person or group.
Ban: The removal of materials based on the objections of a person or group.
Why are books challenged?: Often challenges are motivated by a desire to protect children from “inappropriate” sexual content or “offensive” language.
However, as Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., in Texas v. Johnson , stated: If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.
from ALA.org
1) Looking for Alaska, by Sherman John Green
2) Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
3) I am Jazz, Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
4) Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, by Susan Kuklin
5) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
6) The Holy Bible
7) Fun Home, by Alison Blechdel
8) Habibi, by Craig Thompson
9) Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, by Jeanette Winter
10) Two Boys Kissing, by David Levithan
"Top Ten Frequently Challenged Books Lists of the 21st Century." Stand Up For Your Right to Read Banned and Challenged Books, American Library Association, 2016, www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10. Accessed 21 Sept. 2016.