Banned Book Week!

The freedom to choose your own reading material is integral to freedom of speech and the spread of new ideas. Banned books week celebrates frequently challenged reading materials and encourages readers to broaden their horizons. The North Carolina Literary Map celebrates banned book week with a list of banned books written by North Carolina authors. These books are within the top 100 most frequently challenged books of the past decade.

BANNED BOOKS

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
• ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
• Bridge To Terabithia and The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
• The Face on the Milk Carton and The Terrorist, by Caroline B. Cooney
• Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane