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All About Books: Banned Books

Freedom to Read Week

Freedom to Read Week

FEBRUARY 19-25, 2023

Freedom to Read week is an opportunity for Canadians to celebrate their right to choose what to read, without censorship, and to be aware that censorship continues to be an issue worldwide.

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Famous Banned Books

Thirteen Reasons Why

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Looking for Alaska

The Kite Runner

The Glass Castle

The Golden Compass

To Kill a Mockingbird

Of Mice and Men

Catch-22

The Catcher in the Rye

Slaughterhouse-Five

Brave New World

The Giver

The Glass Castle

All Quiet on the Western Front

Speak

Matched

1984

The Hunger Games

Maus I: a Survivor's Tale

Freedom to Read Canada

Freedom to Read 2022

National Council of English Teachers on Censorship (American)

Freedom to Read Books Read in English Class