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Celebrate Freedom!
Read
a banned book
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
| by Maya Angelou |
921 ANGELOU | Filled with images and
recollections that point to the dignity and courage of black men and women,
Angelou
paints a sometimes disquieting, but always affecting picture of the people--and
the times--that touched her life.
| Go Ask Alice by Anonymous |
YA FIC ANONYMOUS |
The anonymous author of this diary sees her moods and
her life spin out of control as she tries using drugs to get away from her demanding,
"perfect" parents.
| The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood |
FIC ATWOOD | Offred
can remember the days before, when she lived with her husband Luke; when she played
with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access
to knowledge. But all of that is gone now in this near-future world, where she
and the other Handmaids are valued only for their ability to give birth.
| Forever
by Judy Blume | YA
FIC BLUME | The story of Katherine
and Michael's relationship is a joyous one, filled with all the wonder of "the
first time." They meet on New Year's Eve and become completely involved with
each other. It's an idyllic affair -- until they're separated that summer, and
Kath must figure out whether it's possible to love one person but still be attracted
to another, and what is the meaning of "forever" ...
| The
Chocolate War by Robert Cormier | YA
FIC CORMIER | Jerry refuses to
sell chocolates for his school's annual fundraiser, and his teacher and the group
of bullies who run the school begin to treat him as an outcast.
| Fade by Robert Cormier | YA
FIC CORMIER | Paul Moreaux, the
thirteen-year-old son of French Canadian immigrants, inherits the ability to
become invisible, but this power soon leads to death and destruction in this bleak,
dark story.
| We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier |
YA FIC CORMIER |
They entered the house at 9:02 P.M. and trashed their way
through the Cape Cod cottage. At 9:46 P.M. Karen Jerome made the mistake of arriving
home early. Thrown down the basement stairs, Karen slips into a coma. The trashers
slip away. But The Avenger has seen it all.
| Sex Education by Jenny Davis |
YA FIC DAVIS |
As a project for an unusually open class in sex education,
Livvie and her boyfriend David learn to
care for a pregnant young neighbor,
and as they become deeply involved with her and with each
other, they learn
about love and caring, and eventually about pain and courage.
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Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan |
YA FIC DUNCAN |
A teenager casually suggests playing a cruel trick on Mr.
Griffin, his English teacher, but did he intend it to end with murder?
| Annie
On My Mind by Nancy Garden | YA
FIC GARDEN | After a disaster
at school, Liza begins to doubt her feelings for Annie and breaks off their relationship.
Love is never easy, though, and when she starts college, she begins to regret
her denial of love for Annie.
| Lord of the Flies by William
Golding | YA FIC GOLDING |
More than a simple adventure story of boys on a desert
island ....
| The Drowning of Stephan Jones by Bette Green |
YA FIC GREENE |
Although raised to act on her ethical beliefs, Carla finds
that her enchantment with handsome, popular Andy makes her a silent partner in
his hate campaign and harassment of a gay couple in their Arkansas town.
| Summer
of my German Soldier by Bette Greene | YA
FIC GREENE | Sheltering an escaped
German prisoner of war is the beginning of some shattering experiences for a 12-year-old
Jewish girl in Arkansas.
| The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton |
YA FIC HINTON |
Ponyboy is fourteen, tough and confused, yet sensitive
behind his bold front. Since his parents' death, his loyalties have been to his
brothers and his gang, rough boys from the wrong side of the tracks. When his
best friend, Johnny, kills a member of a rival gang, a nightmare of violence begins
and swiftly envelops Ponyboy in a turbulent chain of events.
| That
Was Then, This is Now by S. E. Hinton | YA
FIC HINTON | Sixteen-year-old
Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their
involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to
gradually disintegrate.
| Brave New World by Aldous
Huxley | SCIFI HUXLEY |
In Huxley's emotionless future society, Bernard Marx feels
something is missing, and that his relationship with Lenina could be much more
than the World State has planned.
| Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes |
YA FIC KEYES |
Mentally impaired Charlie Gordon participates in an experiment
which turns him into a genius, but only temporarily.
| To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper
Lee | YA FIC
LEE | Eight-year-old
Scout Finch gives a first-hand account as her father, Atticus, defends a young
black man accused of raping a white woman. In the meantime, she and her brother
Jem become enchanted with the mystery of Boo Radley, their reclusive next-door-neighbor.
| Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers |
YA FIC MYERS | Seventeen-year-old
Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the
summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.
| A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck |
YA FIC PECK | To
a thirteen-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father slaughters pigs for a living,
maturity comes early as he learns about "doing what's got to be done,"
especially regarding his pet pig who cannot produce a litter.
| Catcher
in the Rye by J. D. Salinger | YA
FIC SALINGER | 16-year-old Holden
Caulfield has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, he criticises
the adult world for its "phoniness" and tries to find something different
in New York City.
| Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck |
FIC STEINBECK |
Migrant ranch hand George Milton tries to help protect
his friend Lennie Small, who is large and simpleminded, from the consequences
of his actions.
| Native Son by Richard Wright |
LG PRINT FIC WRIGHT |
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for
jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny--it was for murder and rape.
Set in 1930s' Chicago, Wright's novel explores what it means to be black in America.
| Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut |
YA FIC VON | In
this book, centered on the firebombing of Dresden during World War II, the mind
of Billy Pilgrim jumps backward and forward through time and across space, exploring
the consequences of war.
| The Pigman by Paul Zindel |
YA FIC ZINDEL |
John and Lorraine, high school sophomores from unhappy
homes, tell of their bizarre relationship with Mr. Pignati, whom they met by prank-calling
random phone numbers to see how long they could keep the person they called on
the phone.
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November 28, 2007 |
questions?
email jennifer - josborne@brightonlibrary.info