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Before ends, watch episode 3 of in which The Bluest Eye, a Clockwork Orange, and Lolita are among books banned from their school. The students fight back! Original Sabrina fanart is also featured on our current blog post. https://t.co/1aPJKsErcc

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2019-09-29

5. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
6. Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller
7. Of Mice and Men
8. Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
9. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
10. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

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2019-09-26

On purity policing by fans: "#BannedBooksWeek is a week in which fans and writers stand in solidarity with each other to oppose the censorship of the written word. Criticism of fiction, even robust criticism, should be welcomed—but abuse should never be." https://t.co/azhXLR8oWB

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2019-09-25

Kayla's favorite is The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. "Being a shy teenager reading about this outspoken boy my age who is also struggling to find his place in his world, creates this relieving feeling of knowing I wasn't alone."

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2019-09-25

It can be the scariest thing in the world to be who you really are in spite of what the world says you should be. ’s Midnight Radio follows 4 individuals who hear a late-night broadcast urging them take the risk of being themselves.

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2019-09-24

Val Resnick-Baker from our series is one kickass leading lady! She has loved and lost but is on the mend with a new romance brewing. Her fierce loyalty and her power of plasma fusion make her a force to be reckoned with.

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2019-09-24

First, we’re giving a big 💛 to the YA romance Taproot by ! Hamal is perhaps the gentlest gardener you’ll ever meet and his romance with a ghost boy named Blue who might be in trouble with the reaper only makes us want to read more.

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2019-09-24

It's and the American Library Association has gathered up the most challenged books of the past year.

Check out this year's results and let us know what you think!
https://t.co/5VXgTuBpez

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2019-09-23

"Yes, they even banned The Canterbury Tales." 3/3/2017 https://t.co/RgcbLNPMyh
Some Chaucer in the collections here (fully digitized) Takamiya MS 32 https://t.co/LKz7eG0SL5 Takamiya MS 24 https://t.co/ixTnrPMwmq

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2019-09-23

Maurice Sendak’s children’s book In the Night Kitchen became a frequent target for censorship because the boy Mickey is depicted naked in his dream. https://t.co/wmHJQsSpUN

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2019-09-21

We're celebrating the to read without fear of censorship. Our display is up. Come and find out why Roald Dahl's The Witches and many more were almost banned in schools and libraries.

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2019-09-16

Writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak was born in 1928. His books captivated the imaginations of young readers with their sometimes dark, fantastical stories. Many critics and censors marked his work as "inappropriate" or "too dark" for young children.

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2019-06-11

It was a pleasure to burn. I'm graduating baby!! And in celebration, here's Mr. Guy Montag setting fire to some houses.

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2019-05-11

Parents can guide their own children in their reading choices.

That said, no one parent should be able to determine the reading choices of all children in the United States. Simple as that.

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2019-05-02

What the Huck?! It’s Check out Manga Classics unabridged edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn! https://t.co/NuZAjwqON2

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2018-09-26

BONE by : A Thread

Despite the BONE collection bearing the logo across their covers, the fun and charming story has been challenged several times at various education levels, and subsequently banned as a result a handful of those times.

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2018-09-24

New! Banned, Burned & Censored Books, our March catalogue, with rare books from the 16th to 20th c.: https://t.co/Lec0zx9Gyg

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2017-03-20