Banned Books Week: ‘The Hunger Games’
One of the many reasons stated for the book being banned is that the story is ‘too real.’
Banned Books Week: ‘The Giver’
The Giver was one of the most frequently challenged books from 1990-2009, and in the last decade, one of the 25 most challenged books.
Banned Books Week: ‘Fahrenheit 451’
In 1953, Ray Bradbury’s book had everyone fired up.
Banned Books Week: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man: Revelations’
Spider-Man has fought many foes in his storied career, but never one so baffling as being banned from a library.
Banned Books Week: ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’
Moore and Bolland’s now-classic tale revolved around Joker’s attempt to drive James Gordon insane, interspersed with Joker’s origin story.
Banned Books Week: ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’
‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ is a bold and innovative novel, banned as reading material in schools in Texas until 2003.
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