BANNED BOOKS WEEK

- Win a a copy of STORMDANCER by Jay Kristoff (Ends 10/5)

- Win a copy of DARWEN ARKWRIGHT by A.J. Hartley (Ends 10/8)

- Win a copy of FOUND by Margaret Petersen Haddix (Ends 10/22)

 

I read banned books. Here are just a few I've read. What about you?

FROM THE ALA'S LIST OF TOP CHALLENGED CLASSICS

1. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
7. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
8. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
9. 1984, by George Orwell
12. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
16. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
17. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
18. The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
19. As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
20. A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
23. Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
26. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
27. Native Son, by Richard Wright
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey
29. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
30. For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
33. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
40. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien

FROM THE ALA'S TOP CHALLENGED BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Forever by Judy Blume
Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey
In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Bridge to Terabitha by Katherine Patterson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling