Banned Book Discussion

Every year, books are banned and challenged in public and school libraries, usually because they fall somewhere on a wide spectrum of appropriateness. Often a single parent (or someone who doesn’t have a child in the school district) can challenge a book, which effectively removes it from the shelves pending a review. Many children (and adults) get their reading books from their school or public library, so removing them from the shelf makes them inaccessible to that reader, effectively banning them.
We rebelliously read these banned books and gather every six weeks to discuss what they are about and why they have been banned.
Questions? Contact Dianne Edson – [email protected]
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Mar 4)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Apr 15)
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (May 27)
The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Jul 8)
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank (Aug 26)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Sep 30)
Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1 by Yusei Matsui (Nov 11)