If an HSC student reads a banned book and writes a review for the library website, Ms. D will write a note for the student account and allow an extra checkout. For example, all students are allowed 2 books at a time. If you complete this quest, you will earn a 3rd book. This goes for frequent readers as well, many of whom already can already check out 3, 4, or 5 books at a time! ANY BANNED or CHALLENGED book off the ALA list will count! (list is here)
Every book on this shelf has been banned or challenged in schools and/or public libraries.
There are so many more books too!
Come on in and ask Ms. D about Banned Book Week.
l8r,
g8r
by Lauren Myracle: offensive language; religious
viewpoint; sexually explicit
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison: offensive
language, sexually explicit
Beloved, by Toni Morrison offensive
language, sexually explicit
Brave
New World, by Aldous Huxley: insensitivity; nudity; racism;
religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
Blood
and Chocolate,
by Annette Curtis Klause: sexually explicit
To
Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee: offensive language; racism
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky: drugs/alcohol/smoking,
homosexuality, sexually explicit,
My
Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult: homosexuality, offensive
language, religious viewpoint, sexism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age
group, violence
Harry
Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling: occult/Satanism
The
Catcher in the Rye,
by J.D. Salinger: offensive language, sexually explicit,
Twilight,
by Stephenie Meyer: religious viewpoint and violence
The
Chocolate War,
by Robert Cormier: nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit
The
Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins: anti-ethnic;
anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher:
Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide
Bless
Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya: Occult/Satanism, offensive
language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time
Indian, by
Sherman Alexie:
Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit
Crank,
by Ellen Hopkins: drugs, offensive language, and sexually explicit
Whale
Talk, by Chris
Crutcher: racism, offensive language
Remember: Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.
