This year’s Banned Books Week, as sponsored by the American Library Association, is Sept 26-Oct 2. They will be hosting events all week, so check out the website for more! The theme of this year’s celebration is:
“Books unite us. Sharing stories important to us means sharing a part of ourselves. Books reach across boundaries and build connections between readers. Censorship, on the other hand, divides us and creates barriers. This year’s Banned Books Week theme draws attention to the benefits of unrestricted reading and the harms of censorship.”
https://bannedbooksweek.org/
Interested in reading a banned or challenged book to celebrate? Check out our display in the Teen Loft or click one of the titles to request from the catalog!
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Friends with Boys by Erin Faith Hicks
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel
This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
