The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
This week September 22–28 is National Banned Book Week. Here is a list of the following books that are on the list.
If you research banned books you will find many more and more books on the challenged list. Most libraries do not pull these books off our shelves, you have the right to read what you want. These are just suggested books.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Language and sexual reference.
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger. Language and content.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Profanity.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Profanity and racial slurs.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Sexually graphic and violent.
Ulysses by James Joyce. Burned in the U.S. 1918.
Beloved by Toni Morrison. Racism and sexual content.
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Profanity and lurid passages about sex.
1984 by George Orwell. Pro-communist and sexual matter
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Vulgar and offensive language.