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Banned Book Week: September 23-September 30, 2006
Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2005-2006
- It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris
- Forever by Judy Blume
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
- Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds
- What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
- The Adventures of Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey
- Crazy Lady by Leslie Conly
- It’s So Amazing!: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families by Robie H. Harris
General Information
Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.
From September 23 – September 30, 2006, 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 “Read Banned Books: They’re Your Ticket to Freedom”
Visit the website or stop by the display on the first floor of 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.
Material for this page was obtained from the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom and 2008 Banned Books 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.
For additional information contact
Ron Titus, titus@marshall.edu
304-696-6575
Last updated
June 24, 2010