Banned Books Week
September 23 through 30, 2006
During the last week of September, Americans of all ages will celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Books Week. Libraries and bookstores across the country will honor that freedom with displays and readings of books that have been banned or challenged at some time in history.
From the American Library Association
Vote for Your Favorite Banned Book on the American Library Association website!
...about Banned Books Week
- Banned Books Week: Free People Read Freely®
- Challenged and Banned Books
- Intellectual Freedom for Young People
- Parents, Kids and Banned Books
...most challenged books
- 100 Most Challenged Books of 1990-2000
- Harry Potter tops list of most challenged books of 21st Century
- Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century (2000-2005)
Banned Books
...reviews by kids, for kids
See what kids are saying about some of the many books that were banned or challenged since 1990. The following book reviews have been selected by Skokie Public Library Youth Services staff from Teenreads.com, the Spaghetti Book Club, and the Fifth Grade Super Readers at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Anastasia Krupnick by Lois Lowry
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher
Blubber by Judy Blume
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Bumps in the Night by Ann Rockwell
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
Deenie by Judy Blume
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
The Witches by Roald Dahl
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle