Banned Books Week!

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September 21st-27th, 2014
To acknowledge Banned Books Week 2014, here is a list of books that have been banned:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
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1984 by George Orwell
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Animal Farm by George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
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Holes by Louis Sachar
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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
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