Banned Book Club

The book selection for Monday, March 11th 2024 is Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Jill Long moderating.  Please note that this meeting will take place at the Moss Memorial Library meeting room.  Entrance will be via the side door, off of Main Street, perpendicular to the entrance of The Friends of the Library Book Store.

We are marking our club’s first anniversary, and here is the list of books we tackled during 2023:
March, 2023 – Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out (2019) by Susan Kuklin Mod: Dianne Olansky
April, 2023 – Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism and You [Remix] (2020) by Jason Reynolds; Adapted from Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi Mod: Linda McDonald and Terry Penland
May, 2023  – Looking for Alaska (2005) by John Green Mod: Hattie Sheehy
June, 2023 – Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2001) by Barbara Ehrenreich Mod: Kathe Lowney and Vicki Engel
July, 2023 – A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) by Khaled Hosseini Mod: Callie Moore
August 2023 – The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison Mod: Dianne Olansky
September 2023 – Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Mod: Terry Penland
October 2023 – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Mod: Wendy Slaton
November 2023 – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Mod: Jill Long

FOR THOSE WANTING TO PERUSE SOME BANNED BOOK LISTS:
Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019 complied by the American Library Association at ala.org
PEN America’s The 11 Most Banned Books of the 2022-2023 School Year at pen.org

The Banned Book Club stands up for intellectual rights by reading and discussing books that have been banned in libraries right here in the United States.  Anyone who cares about the freedom to exchange ideas is welcome to attend.  You may also be interested in visiting The Banned Book Club website to learn how to stand up and fight book bans and also how to get access to banned books in communities where they were banned.