Read a Banned Book! Each year (usually in September) we celebrate our freedom to read during Banned Books Week. Hundreds of books are challenged throughout our country every school year. Learn more about about why books are challenged, and find lists of books that have been banned throughout history. Make your reading choice carefully! Be sure to check the card catalog in the library for availability. The Mount Lebanon Public Library will also have many of these titles. See Mrs. Smith in the library if you need help.
The American Library Association's Banned Books Page Learn why books are challenged and banned. You will also be able to view the 100 most frequently challenged books of all time. This site gives extensive information!
The Forbidden Library This site provides an alphabetical listing of banned books as well as a description of their plot and an explanation as to why it was challenged and/or banned.
Loyola Univeristy Chicago Libraries This site provides a set of links about cencorship in general. This should help when you are colpleting your background information.
St. Charles Public Library Provides title lists for the past eight years. You may find more Young Adult novels on these lists.
World and I An article featureing how schools restrict the reading of young people.
Want to read a book about a banned book? Try this one!
The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher
Billy, recently deceased, keeps an eye on his best friend, fourteen-year-old Eddie, and helps him stand up to a conservative minister and English teacher who is orchestrating a censorship challenge.
