
Why Is ‘Hunger Games’ On Banned Book List?
In Ray Bradbury’s classic 1953 novel “Fahrenheit 451,” the author imagines a bleak future in which books are outlawed and firefighters actually set tomes ablaze. Pretty farfetched, huh? Well, not necessarily. Each year, schools and libraries field hundreds of requests to remove controversial reads from their shelves. Hence, the creation of Banned Books Week, which celebrates everyone’s freedom to read.
Sponsored by the American Library Association, Banned Books Week is now in its 30th year. And each year, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles an annual list of the top 10 most…
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