Books for Banned Books Week
For my potential trip to the library today, I listed some books to read during Banned Books Week based on the American Library Association’s ten challenged books for 2004, the 100 frequently challenged books during 1990 to 2000, and what my library has available. I’ve already read four of the books on the list of ten. One of the books is Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Michael A. Bellesiles, which has been challenged because of inaccuracies. I’m not sure I’m going to read it, but I did put it on my list. I don’t know enough about America’s gun culture to know what would be true and what would be false.
Now to try to fit a trip into my schedule …
Addendum 9/26: I did make it to the library. I borrowed:
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, which has been near the top of the challenged books list frequently; I plan to read it first.
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, a book about soldiers in the Vietnam Conflict
- Forever… by Judy Blume, which also commonly appears on challenged books lists and is about young love
I have another busy week without much time to read. We’ll see how far I get.
