Banned Book Week

September 29-October 6, 2007

Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2006-2007

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Gossip Girls series by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

From September 29 to October 6, 2007, the Marshall University Libraries will be observing Banned Book Week with a display in the Drinko Library and an updated website. The theme this year is "Banned Books Ahoy!: Treasure Your Freedom to Read" Visit the website or stop by the display near the Reference Desk in Drinko to see what has been challenged or banned over the past year. Contact Ron Titus at 696-6575 or library@marshall.edu with questions.

Banned Books Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to choose and the freedom to express one's opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular, stressing the importance of ensuring the availability of those viewpoints to all who wish to read them. It is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Library of Congress' Center for the Book.

Author List of Banned/Challenged Books

Title List of Banned/Challenged Books

Material for this page was obtained from the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom and Banned Books: 2007 Resource Guide by Robert P. Doyle.

On these pages, a BANNED book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.
A CHALLENGED book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.

Go to 2001 Banned Book List or 2002 Banned Book List or 2003 Banned Book List or 2004 Banned Book List or 2005 Banned Book List or 2006 Banned Book List

For more information contact Ron Titus

Site last modified August 16, 2007