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Banned Books Week
What sorts of books have people found objectionable? Celebrate reading and the freedom to read by learning about challenged books.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFirst published on April 10, 1925, The Great Gatsby is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1922. The novel chronicles an era that author F. Scott Fitzgerald himself dubbed the "Jazz Age."
Call Number: 813.52 F553gr
ISBN: 9780020198819
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain"And he said if a man owned a bee-hive, and that man dies, the bees must be told about it before sun-up the next morning, or else the bees would all weaken down and quit work and die. Jim said bees wouldn't sting idiots; but I didn't believe that, because I had tried them lots of times myslef, and they wouldn't sting me." (pp. 54-55)
Call Number: 818 T91ad
ISBN: 0520055209
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison"It was exhausting--as though I had held my breath continuously for an hour under the terrifying serenity that comes from days of intense hunger. Any yet, it was a strangely satisfying experience for an invisible man to hear the silence of sound." (pp. 12-13)
The Odyssey by Homer; Emily Wilson (Translator)The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.
Call Number: 883 H75o 2018
ISBN: 9780393089059
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe tragic story of the friendship between two migrant workers, George and Lenny, and their dream of owning a farm.
Call Number: 813 S81o 1993
ISBN: 9780881030372
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut"Weary's version of the true war story went like this: There was this big German attack, and Weary and his antitank buddies fought like hell until everybody was killed but Weary. So it goes. And then Weary tied in with two scouts, and they became close friends immediately, and they decided to fight their way back to their own lines. They were going to travel fast. They were damned if they'd surrender. They shook hands all around." (p. 42)
Call Number: 813.54 V94sh
ISBN: 0440180295
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThis novel takes readers into a magical and richly peopled world which encompasses four generations of African American life.
Call Number: 813.54 M67so
ISBN: 0452260116
Publication Date: 1987-09-01
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father--a crusading local lawyer--risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.