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5 Reasons Why Your Kid Should Read Banned Books

To Kill a Mockingbird

Decades after publication, To Kill a Mockingbird continues to encourage readers to reconsider their own prejudices.

What do The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, Native Son, To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451 and The Adventures of Captain Underpants have in common? At one time or other, someone has tried to ban them from classrooms and public or school libraries.

The American Library Association (ALA)—champions of offers families a chance to celebrate reading and promote open access to ideas, both of which are keys to .

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