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Sign up for a 2-minute reading from a banned book in your preferred half-hour time slot.
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Signing up does not guarantee that everyone will have time to read but we will do our best to include as many people as possible!
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Feel free to make a new row for a time slot if we run out.
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4:30-5:00pmYour NameBook TitleAuthorWhen Banned*Where Banned*Reason Banned*Content warnings?*
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I am flexible on time reading and happy to give up a 2 min spot to another reader :). Megan LottsA Light in the AtticShel Silverstein1985 was challenged in Beloit, WI because of the poem "How not to Dry the Dishes" Beloit, WIhis books are said to encourage disrespect, horror, and violence This book is #51 on ALA's most frequently banned books of 1990-2000
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FlexibleJulie RossanoLeaves of GrassWalt WhitmanLegally banned in Boston in 1882, informally banned elsewhereBoston, MAPoetry is said to be too sensual and obscene
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flexibleCaroline MannAn American Childhood - Being ChasedAnnie Dillard1994California BoEviolence
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"Dee MagnoniA Day in the Life of Marlon BundoJill Twiss2018
(challenged) Terrell, TX and Orange City, IA
religious reasons; LGBTQIA+ grounds
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Flexible India RossThe Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen Chbosky2018Oregon (Beaverton School District)Unsuitable for teens, drug use, underage sex
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5:00-5:30pmYour NameBook TitleAuthorWhen Banned*Where Banned*Reason Banned*
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FlexibleMarie RadfordThe Adventures of Captain UnderpantsDav PilkeySince 1997 to date series regularly makes ALA Top 10 Most Challenged BooksWidely censored/banned in US schools. Halloween tie in from Wikipedia "In 2007, Captain Underpants Halloween costumes created controversy at Long Beach High School in Long Island, New York. Three female students dressed up as Captain Underpants causing the principal, Nicholas Restivo, to enact a costume ban for all students. The three girls put on beige leotards and nude stockings under white briefs and red capes. According to Principal Restivo, "The appearance was that they were naked." "N.Y. School Bans Halloween Costumes". NPR. October 29, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2010.Said to encourage disruptive behavior, offensive language, unsuited for age group; Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot (2015) was challenged for including a same sex couple as future Yesterday Harold marries a man.Series is #3 on ALA Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018, #1 Top 10 in 2012, #8 Top 10 in 2005, #4 Top 10 for 2004, #6 Top 10 for 2002
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Nancy KranichWhat is a banned book?
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FlexibleGladys CepedaThe Family BookTodd Parr2012The Erie School District in illinois.
Families come in all shapes and sizs and colors in the theme of this book; but concerns over depicting families that have two mothers or two fathers kept the book off the shelves.
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FlexibleVictoria SunThe Hate U GiveAngie ThomasFrequently (latest ALA list 2018)Banned in Springfield, MO (status unknown);
Challenged in Mt. Pleasant, SC		supposedly, 'language' and 'sexual situations'; was challenged (but ultimately retained) in Mt. Pleasant for being 'anti-police indoctrination'
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FlexibleNick AllredAnother CountryJames Baldwin1962 (shortly after publication)
Banned in New Orleans, United States; importation banned & access restricted in Australia
Sexuality including same-sex & interracial relationships, portrayal of race relations
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flexibleJudit WardThe Case WorkerGyörgy Konrád1969-1989Hungary, Soviet Union, East Europe
Banned after the 6,000 copies of its first edition were sold out in one day, since it describes a Hungarian society as cruel and miserable it was, in contrast to the party line line how ''happy workers are building socialism.”
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