BANNED BOOKS WEEK
What is it?
"Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular." -ALA (American Library Association)
September 21-27
Come to the Library and celebrate your freedom to read whatever you want! Check out the display of all of the most challenged books over the past few years and why they were challenged.
Why is it challenged?
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, unsuited to age group
Why is it challenged?
Reasons:
anti-family, occult/Satanism, religious viewpoint, violence
Why is it challenged?
Reasons:
Offensive language, unsuited for age group
Other Challenged Titles
- Twilight
- The Catcher in the Rye
- The Great Gatsby