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Why Certain Books Were Banned
Includes: 1984, Grapes of Wrath, Gulliver's Travels, Les Miserables, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Jungle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Animal Farm
- In the Table of Contents, expand/click on Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds
- Scroll to your title alphabetically
- Scroll to your title alphabetically
Includes: Analects, Dialogue Concerning the Two World Systems, His Dark Materials trilogy, Oliver Twist, On the Origin of Species, The Satanic Verses, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Harry Potter series
- in the Table of Contents, click on Entries-Show Subsections.
- For censorship history, scroll to the subsection Censorship History of [your banned book title].
- For a book summary, scroll to the title of your banned book
Includes: Ulysses, The Bluest Eye, Flowers for Algernon, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, The Handmaid's Tale, Epic of Gilgamesh, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Twilight series
- in the Table of Contents, click on Entries-Show Subsections.
- For censorship history, scroll to the subsection Censorship History of [your banned book title].
- For a book summary, scroll to the title of your banned book
Includes: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Autobiography of Malcolm X, And Tango Makes Three, The Bell Jar, Beloved, Brave New World, Bridge to Terabithia, Captain Underpants series, Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple, Diary of Anne Frank, The Giver, Go Ask Alice, The Great Gatsby, Heather Has Two Mommies, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Kite Runner, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, The Red Pony
- in the Table of Contents, click on Entries-Show Subsections.
- For censorship history, scroll to the subsection Censorship History of [your banned book title].
- For a book summary, scroll to the title of your banned book
If your banned book is not in any of the Literature Suppressed on __________Grounds books, look in the sources listed below:
- Literature Resource Center (Gale) This link opens in a new windowSearch for your book title.
In the list of results, select "Topic & Work Overviews".
- Silenced in the Library: Banned Books in AmericaOnly one person can use this ebook at a time, so be sure to exit when you are finished.
Provides summaries of banned books, has brief information on why each book was banned. - Controversial Books in K–12 Classrooms and Libraries : Challenged, Censored, and BannedOnly one person can use this book at a time, so be sure to exit when you are finished.
Click on the Table of Contents in the top navigation, then select Index to see what pages your book is on. You can also use the search box.
Has the Harry Potter series.