umbralaperture: mentallyrecovering: typeoneconstitutionalist:adventurousmynd2: typeoneconstitutional
umbralaperture: mentallyrecovering: typeoneconstitutionalist:adventurousmynd2: typeoneconstitutionalist: mdstroup2142: a-sweetheart-being-40: soulsearching-sir: emeraldscholar: rainbowgolded: pantheris: deadhisoka: blackness-by-your-side: The sign of high quality is the fact the book was banned by the government. Trash literature NEVER EVER had any troubles with the law. FARENHEIT 451 IS ON THE BANNED BOOKS LIST???IT’S LITERALLY ABOUT THE SOCIETAL DANGERS OF BANNING/OUTLAWING/BURNING BOOKSARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME That’s the reason it’s on the bloody list. BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT HOW BANNING AND BURNING BOOKS IS WRONG. HERE’S ALL THE PDF VERSIONS I COULD FIND SINCE WE’RE ALL IN QUARANTINE AND WE CAN’T PHYSICALLY GET THE BOOKS WE DON’T HAVE The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Autobiography of Malcolm X Beloved Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (this was the only free version I could find, and it’s a downloadable thing, so do so with caution) The Call of the Wild Catch-22 (it was either this version or one where the entire thing was in comic sans font) The Catcher in the Rye Fahrenheit 451 For Whom the Bell Tolls Gone With the Wind The Grapes of Wrath The Great Gatsby Howl In Cold Blood Invisible Man The Jungle (personally I don’t like this formatting, but the site doesn’t look sketchy so…) - there’s also this which is the proper book format in a pdf, but it’s directly photocopied so it might be hard to read some of the print Leaves of Grass Moby Dick Native Son Our Bodies, Ourselves (we learned about this one in APUSH!) The Red Badge of Courage The Scarlet Letter COULD NOT FIND Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (the ebook is 47 fucking dollars??? and i can’t even find sketchy websites that’ll let me download a pdf. if anyone manages to find a link, lmk please) Stranger in a Strange Land A Streetcar Named Desire Their Eyes Were Watching God To Kill a Mockingbird Uncle Tom’s Cabin Where the Wild Things Are (this is a slideshow!!!! how fun) COULD NOT FIND The Words of Cesar Chavez (however I did manage to download the first 71 pages of the book from EBSCO and I put it here but I couldn’t get the rest. sorry y’all) rebloggan 4 links I do my best to live by these words… Wow! At some of the banned books! Insane! Reblogging for those links. I’m keeping this, that’s amazing [yoink!]I’m ganking this from you… annnnnnd downloading these .pdfs I still need to do that Why In the actual fuck is call of the wild banned it was a great book! I love it I have ill ALWAYS reblog the banned books list. I cannot find a list of the 273 banned books in 2020 but here are the top 10 banned books as of last year and why they are bannedThe ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 156 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2020. Of the 273 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged, along with the reasons cited for censoring the books:George by Alex GinoReasons: Challenged, banned, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community”Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason ReynoldsReasons: Banned and challenged because of author’s public statements, and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents” and does not encompass racism against all peopleAll American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan KielyReasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, drug use, and alcoholism, and because it was thought to promote anti-police views, contain divisive topics, and be “too much of a sensitive matter right now”Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonReasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint and it was claimed to be biased against male students, and for the novel’s inclusion of rape and profanityThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieReasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and allegations of sexual misconduct by the authorSomething Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer ZivoinReasons: Challenged for “divisive language” and because it was thought to promote anti-police viewsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeReasons: Banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experienceOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckReasons: Banned and challenged for racial slurs and racist stereotypes, and their negative effect on studentsThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonReasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and depicts child sexual abuseThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasReasons: Challenged for profanity, and it was thought to promote an anti-police message Wanted add another source for the books. If you can ask your local libraries if they are partnered with book apps like Hoopla. You enter in your library card and you can check out books on your phone -- source link