{"id":16317,"date":"2026-09-22T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=16317"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:13:24","slug":"title","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2005\/title\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Book Week 2005 &#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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Title List<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-adventures-of-captain-underpants-series\/\">The Adventures of Captain Underpants Series<\/a> &#8211; Dav Pilkey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn\/\">The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<\/a> &#8211; Mark Twain<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/alice-on-the-outside\/\">Alice on the Outside<\/a> &#8211; Phyllis Reynolds Naylor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/alice-the-brave\/\">Alice the Brave<\/a> &#8211; Phyllis Reynolds Naylor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/always-running\/\">Always Running<\/a> &#8211; Luis J. Rodriguez<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/america-the-book\/\">America (The Book): A Citizen\u2019s Guide to Democracy Inaction<\/a> &#8211; Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, &amp; David Javerbaum<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/am-i-blue\/\">Am I Blue<\/a> &#8211; Bruce Coville<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/anastasia-again\/\">Anastasia Again!<\/a> &#8211; Lois Lowry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/arming-america\/\">Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture<\/a> &#8211; Michael A. Bellesiles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/balzac\/\">Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress<\/a> &#8211; Dai Sijie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bless-me-ultima\/\">Bless Me Ultima<\/a> &#8211; Rudolfo Anaya<\/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\/brideshead-revisited\/\">Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder<\/a> &#8211; Evelyn Waugh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bringing-down-the-house\/\">Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions<\/a> &#8211; Ben Mezrich<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-catcher-in-the-rye\/\">The Catcher in the Rye<\/a> &#8211; J. D. Salinger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/chocolate-war\/\">The Chocolate War<\/a> &#8211; Robert Cormier<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/dance-on-my-grave\/\">Dance on My Grave: A Life and Death in Four Parts<\/a> &#8211; Adian Chambers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/daughters-of-eve\/\">Daughters of Eve<\/a> &#8211; Lois Duncan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/deal-with-it\/\">Deal With It!: A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a Gurl<\/a> &#8211; Esther Drill<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/deenie\/\">Deenie<\/a> &#8211; Judy Blume<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/devils-storybook\/\">The Devil&#8217;s Storybook<\/a> &#8211; Natalie Babbitt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/dont-you-dare-read-this-mrs-dunphrey\/\">Don\u2019t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey<\/a> &#8211; Margaret Peterson Haddix<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/drowning-of-stephen-jones\/\">The Drowning of Stephen Jones<\/a> &#8211; Bette Greene<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/eat-me\/\">Eat Me<\/a> &#8211; Linda Jaivin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/eight-seconds\/\">Eight Seconds<\/a> &#8211; Jean Ferris<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/fallen-angels\/\">Fallen Angels<\/a> &#8211; Walter Dean Myers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/giver\/\">The Giver<\/a> &#8211; Lois Lowry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/good-moon-rising\/\">Good Moon Rising<\/a> &#8211; Nancy Garden<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/hey-dollface\/\">Hey, Dollface<\/a> &#8211; Deborah Hautzig<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/hollys-secret\/\">Holly&#8217;s Secret<\/a> &#8211; Nancy Garden<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/horse\/\">Horse<\/a> &#8211; Juliet Clutton-Brock<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/how-to-make-love-like-a-porn-star\/\">How To Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale<\/a> &#8211; Jenna Jameson and Neil Strauss<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/i-am-the-cheese\/\">I am the Cheese<\/a> &#8211; Robert Cormier<\/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\/in-the-night-kitchen\/\">In the Night Kitchen<\/a> &#8211; Maurice Sendak<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/in-the-time-i-get\/\">In the Time I Get<\/a> &#8211; Chris Crutcher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/its-perfectly-normal\/\">It&#8217;s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health<\/a> by Robie H. Harris<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/joy-luck-club\/\">The Joy Luck Club<\/a> &#8211; Amy Tan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/joy-of-gay-sex\/\">The Joy of Gay Sex<\/a> &#8211; Charles Silverstein and Edmund White<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/king-and-king\/\">King and King<\/a> &#8211; Linda de Haan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/krik-krak\/\">Krik? Krak!<\/a> &#8211; Edwidge Dandicat<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/life-is-funny\/\">Life is Funny<\/a> &#8211; E. R. Frank<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/bannedbooks\/like-water-for-chocolate\/\">Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies<\/a> &#8211; Esquivel, Laura<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/marijuana-growers-guide\/\">Marijuana Grower\u2019s Guide<\/a> &#8211; Mel Frank and Ed Rosenthal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/mick-harte-was-here\/\">Mick Harte Was Here<\/a> &#8211; Barbara Park<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/my-brother-has-aids\/\">My Brother has AIDS<\/a> &#8211; Deborah Davis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/my-fathers-scar\/\">My Father&#8217;s Scar<\/a> &#8211; Michael Cart<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/my-heartbeat\/\">My Heartbeat<\/a> &#8211; Garret Freymann-Weyr<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/of-mice-and-men\/\">Of Mice and Men<\/a> &#8211; John Steinbeck<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/on-the-bright-side\/\">On the Bright Side, I\u2019m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson<\/a> &#8211; Louise Rennison<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/one-fat-summer\/\">One Fat Summer<\/a> &#8211; Robert Lipsyte<\/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\/peter\/\">Peter<\/a> &#8211; Kate Walker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/pinkerton-behave\/\">Pinkerton, Behave!<\/a> &#8211; Steven Kellogg<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/rainbow-boys\/\">Rainbow Boys<\/a> &#8211; Alex Sanchez<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/raisin-in-the-sun\/\">A Raisin in the Sun<\/a> &#8211; Lorraine Hansberry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/sissy-duckling\/\">The Sissy Duckling<\/a> &#8211; Harvey Fierstein<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/slave-dancer\/\">The Slave Dancer<\/a> &#8211; Paula Fox<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/stuck-rubber-baby\/\">Stuck Rubber Baby<\/a> &#8211; Howard Cruse<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/to-kill-a-mockingbird\/\">To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a> &#8211; Harper Lee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/walter-the-farting-dog\/\">Walter the Farting Dog<\/a> &#8211; William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/whale-talk\/\">Whale Talk<\/a> &#8211; Chris Crutcher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/what-i-know-now\/\">What I Know Now<\/a> &#8211; Rodger Larson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/what-my-mother-doesnt-know\/\">What My Mother Doesn\u2019t Know<\/a> &#8211; 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