Why Banned Book Week Is Necessary
Banned Book Week Display: Corona Public Library In an ideal world there would be no need for a banned book week, unfortunately that is just not the world that we live in. Let me rewind for a second. You might be asking, what is banned book week? Banned book week is an annual event that libraries all over the country participate in to highlight and bring awareness to the high number of books that have been banned in libraries and schools. While it usually takes place on the last week of September, this year it took place on Sept. 18- 24th. The books that are censored range from well known classics such as George Orwell's 1984 to more recently published books such as All Boy's Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson. The reasons as to why books are banned varies. To honor this week I visited my local library, the Corona Public Library, where I was able to read up on the books that are banned. I was also given the opportunity to guess the banned b...