challenged books

A collection of fifteen essays that discuss banned books.

A handbook for defending challenged young adult books that features profiles with plot summaries, published reviews, information on awards and prizes, and more.

Book Banning and Other Forms of Censorship examines how and why schools, special-interest groups, and governments attempt to suppress information in print and online.

Examines the history of book banning and explores why some people might want to censor certain books.

"Focusing on the attempted and successful banning of young adult fiction from media centers and classrooms. It also looks closely at young adult novels from the early 1970s until today that have been the subject of book challenges"--Provided by publisher.

Stupids / Harry Allard and James Marshall -- Blubber / Judy Blume -- Mommy laid an egg! or, Where do babies come from? / Babette Cole -- Goats / Brock Cole -- My brother Sam is dead / James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier -- James and the Giant Peach / Roald Dahl -- Witches / Roald Dahl -- Guess what? / Mem Fox -- Julie of the wolves / Jean Craighead George -- It's perfectly normal / Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley -- Wrinkle in time / Madeleine L'Engle -- Giver / Lois Lowry -- Anastasia Krupnik ; Anastasia at your service / Lois Lowry -- Agony of Alice ; Alice in rapture, sort of ; Reluctantly Alice ; All but Alice ; Alice in April ; Alice in-between ; Alice the brave ; Alice in lace ; Outrageously Alice ; Achingly Alice ; Alice on the outside ; Grooming of Alice ; Alice alone / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- Heather has two mommies / Leslea Newman -- Bridge to Terabithia / Katherine Paterson -- Great Gilly Hopkins / Katherine Paterson -- Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone ; Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets ; Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban ; Harry Potter and the goblet of fire / J.K. Rowling -- Boy who lost his face / Louis Sachar -- Scary stories to tell in the dark ; More scary stories to tell in the dark ; Scary stories: More tales to chill your bones / Alvin Schwartz -- In the night kitchen / Maurice Sendak -- Light in the attic / Shel Silverstein -- Goosebumps / R.L. Stine -- Daddy's roommate / Michael Wilhoite.

Shares the story of how John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," published to much acclaim in April 1939, became the target of censors in Kern County, California, where the book was publicly burned and banned from schools and libraries.

A collection of fourteen critical essays that debate issues of book banning and censorship.

A guide to twenty-six young adult books which are most frequently challenged. Each entry includes a summary, examples of recent challenges, review sources, background sources, awards and prizes, references about the author, sources recommending the work, and audiovisual resources.

Looks at eighteen coming-of-age books for young adults that have been banned or challenged, each including a summary of the story and details on who attempted to ban the book and why, as well as information on who defended the freedom to read.