During Banned Books Week, Readers Explore What It Means To Challenge Texts
Libraries, schools, authors and readers are celebrating Banned Books Week. Among the Top 10 most challenged books in the U.S. are The Hate U Give and To Kill A Mockingbird.
The Catcher in the Rye. A Brave New World. Lolita. Lady Chatterley's Lover.
These are some classics that pop into many minds when considering books that have been banned from home and school libraries over time.
But there's been a "notable shift" in the subject matter of books now being challenged in the U.S. When the American Library Association released its list of the Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2020 in April, the books that received the most challenges to libraries and schools dealt with "racism, Black American history and diversity in the United States," says Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
