{"id":15269,"date":"2025-07-24T12:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=15269"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:36:03","slug":"title","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2025\/title\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Book Week 2025 &#8211; Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<div>\n                                            \n        \n    <div\n        id=\"books-by-year\"\n        x-data=\"accordion('books-by-year', false)\"\n        class=\"rounded-lg overflow-hidden mb-2 transition-all duration-300 ease-out bg-gray-50\"\n        x-bind:class=\"expanded ? 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Johnson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/and-tango-makes-three\/\">And Tango Makes Three<\/a> &#8211; Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/beyond-magenta\/\">Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Outk<\/a> &#8211; Susan Kuklin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/black-friend\/\">The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person<\/a> &#8211; Frederick Joseph<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-bluest-eye\/\">The Bluest Eye<\/a> &#8211; Toni Morrison<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/brave-new-world\/\">Brave New World<\/a> &#8211; Aldous Huxley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/court-of-frost-and-starlight\/\">A Court of Frost and Starlight<\/a> &#8211; Sarah J. Maas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/court-of-mist-and-fury\/\">A Court of Mist and Fury<\/a> &#8211; Sarah J. Maas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/court-of-thorns-and-roses\/\">A Court of Thorns and Roses<\/a> &#8211; Sarah J. Maas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/crank\/\">Crank<\/a> &#8211; Ellen Hopkins<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/diary-of-a-young-girl\/\">The Diary of a Young Girl<\/a> &#8211; Anne Frank<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/drama-2\/\">Drama<\/a> &#8211; Raina Telgemeier<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/empire-of-storms\/\">Empire of Storms<\/a> &#8211; Sarah J. Maas<\/li>\n<li><a>Fade<\/a> &#8211; Robert Cormier<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/fahrenheit-451\/\">Fahrenheit 451<\/a> &#8211; Bradbury, Ray<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/flamer\/\">Flamer<\/a> &#8211; Mike Curato<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/forever\/\">Forever<\/a> &#8211; Judy Blume<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/gender-queer\/\">Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/a> &#8211; Maia Kobabe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/h-g-wellss-the-time-machine\/\">H.G. Wells\u2019s The Time Machine (Graphic Novel)<\/a> &#8211; Joeming Dunn <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-handmaids-tale\/\">The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/a> &#8211; Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/heartstopper-series\/\">Heartstopper series<\/a> &#8211; Alice Oseman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings\/\">I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/a> &#8211; Maya Angelou<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/identical\/\">Identical<\/a> &#8211; Ellen Hopkins<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/its-christmas-david\/\">It&#8217;s Christmas, David!<\/a> &#8211; David Shannon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/its-perfectly-normal\/\">It\u2019s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health<\/a> &#8211; Robie Harris<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/kite-runner\/\">The Kite Runner<\/a> &#8211; Khaled Hosseini<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/light-in-the-attic\/\">A Light in the Attic<\/a> &#8211; Shel Silverstein<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/looking-for-alaska\/\">Looking for Alaska<\/a> &#8211; John Green<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/lucky\/\">Lucky<\/a> &#8211; Alice Sebold<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/me-and-earl-and-the-dying-girl\/\">Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: A Novel<\/a> &#8211; Jesse Andrews<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/nineteen-minutes\/\">Nineteen Minutes<\/a> &#8211; Jodi Picoult<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower\/\">The Perks of Being a Wallflower<\/a> &#8211; Stephen Chbosky<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/shine\/\">Shine<\/a> &#8211; Lauren Myracle<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/slaughterhouse-five\/\">Slaughterhouse-Five<\/a> &#8211; 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