Banned books are becoming quite popular, with readers and authors alike joining together to end the censorship of books. All of these stories are important and should be accessible. Each one has an important message that shouldn’t be banned. These are the stories that have been censored and prohibited from libraries, school reading lists, and even bookstores due ot their content and themes. Here are the banned books we will be buying!
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
The book that is based on true events and narrated by the generation of gay men lost to AIDS; this story follows two seventeen-year-olds who are about to participate in a 32-hour kissing marathon to make a Guinness World record. As they embark on this plan, they become the focal point for other teens dealing with their identity.
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Starr Carter is a sixteen-year-old Black teenager who lives in two different worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the suburban prep school she goes to. When Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend, Khalil, his death is a nationwide headline. Although Khalil was unarmed, various people call him a thug, a drug dealer, or worse and protests begin in his name. Although people from both sides are trying to intimidate Starr, she’s the only one who knows the truth about what happened that night.
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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale features a dystopian world of a patriarchal society called the Republic of Gilead in which women are only used to produce children for the elite and are forbidden to read. Offred used to have a normal life with a husband and daughter, a job, and freedom but now she must try to rid herself of her old life as she gets used to a new social order.
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All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
When friends Jason and Brendan found out that George Zimmerman had been acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin, their frustrations caused them to write the book All American Boys together. This is a book about two teenaged boys – one black, one white – who witness racial tension escalate in their community when a single violent act divides the entire country.
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Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Claudia and Monday have been the best of friends and like sisters for their whole lives. When Monday doesn’t show up to school, Claudia becomes concerned. As the days slowly go by and Monday never shows, Claudia knows something horrible has happened, but Monday’s family refused to tell Claudia anything as to what is going on and no one agrees to investigate Monday’s disappearance. This book is based on real-life missing Black girls who fail to get recognition from the police and media.
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Set during a time of severe turmoil in Afghanistan, The Kite Runner follows the friendship of two very different boys. One the son of a wealthy man, the other the son of his servant. Steeped in the struggle of this region, the power of reading and the bonds of friendship as well as fathers and sons, this book is a contemporary classic.
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1984 by George Orwell
Set in a dystopian reality where Big Brother is always watching and thoughtcrime is a high offense, 1984 is perhaps the quintessential read for government control gone awry. When Winston’s job rewriting history begins to change his view of “The Party” and the power they hold, he’ll have to try to fight the full force of surveillance in order to defy those who run the world.
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