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There are a few common reasons that books have been banned or censored in schools, libraries, and book stores. These include: Racial Issues: About and/or encouraging racism towards one or more group of people. … Violence or Negativity: Books with content that include violence are often banned or censored
Banned and Challenged Books of 2020
- Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling.
- Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.
- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell.
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
- Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz.
- His Dark Materials (series) by Philip Pullman
- ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
- It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
- Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Forever by Judy Blume
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- King and King by Linda de Haan
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
I am celebrating at the library again this year :
How did you do on the challenge ? Read a banned book this week and celebrate with me …. Lisa
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