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2008 Banned Book Week


Celebrating the Freedom to Read, the InfoNet Library will support the annual observance this week. Special interest groups or individuals have targeted certain books or authors for censorship. Help us to eradicate this practice; open your mind and read without prejudice.
Partial listing of challenged books

Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz; Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite; I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou; The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain; Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling; Forever by Judy Blume; Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson; the Bible  


http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/archive/bannedbooksweek73008archive.cfm
 
 
 
 
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