Banned Books Week September 27-October 4, 2008

What is Banned Books Week all about? Simply freedom. The freedom to read whatever you want without fear of discrimination or censorship. See the Top 100 Challenged Books 2000-2007 here: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlists/TOP_100_in_2000_2007.pdf
Take a look at the list. You might be surprised by the titles on the list. You may have read some banned books without even knowing it. If you have, are you surprised that the book has been challenged? Read a banned book. Embrace your freedom to read and celebrate Banned Books Week.

Here are the books that I've read on the list:
The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Giver by Lois Lowry
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume