As hard as it might be to believe, there are still attempts every year to have books pulled from library shelves for what some believe to be inappropriate materials for the rest of us to have access to. The reasons are as varied as the books - issues with offensive language, mentions of gambling, mentions of alternative lifestyles, books dealing with evolution over creationism - the list goes on and on.
Join us during Banned Books Week and celebrate our freedom to read what we choose and make up our own minds about the subject matter contained within. The following titles, available in our library in one or more formats, were among the top most challenged titles for 2014.
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (J and CJ)
- Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (955.0542 S253p)
- And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell (E R)
- The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (F, LT, and C)
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini F, LT, MP, and C)
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky (C)
- A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard (B Dugard and C B Dugard)
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