City of Puyallup announcement.
Learn about books that have been banned or challenged in the US by participating in our Banned Books Scavenger Hunt. There are three versions featuring books for kids, teens, and adults. Participate anytime this month and get a small prize when you finish. Check in at the Puyallup Public Library for more information.
Please provide the list of allegedly banned books so we can know what you’re talking about and make our own determination.
You can get lists from the library.
OK so I did and here they are! Comments?
Kids
George (now known as Melissa) by Alex Gino
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings and illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter
And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson illustrated by Henry Cole
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Teens
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Bone by Jeff Smith
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Adults
Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread by Chuck Palahniuk
The 1619 Project edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Maus : a survivor’s tale by Art Spiegelman
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker