Banned Book Week

This week, Sept 21st - 27th is Banned Book Week. Libraries across the country are raising awareness of banned and challenged books. 

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.