https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277 en-us 2018-02-06 15:46:42 UTC 2025-12-04 22:39:48 UTC hello@padlet.com ahall25 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228666912 - Your name
- Title & Author
- Brief (spoiler-free) synopsis of book
- Short description of why it was challenged/banned
- Reason why you feel the book should still be read (what makes it valuable?)
- Attach/include a picture of the cover]]> 2018-02-06 15:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228666912 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667379 Gossip Girl, by Cecily Von Ziegesar (book series)
Follows 6 teenagers lives in NYC
banned for being too sexually explicit and bad language
It should still be read because it shows real life stories, it is interesting and it helps you better understand people.  

]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667379 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667507 Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group 
This book could be helpful for people who could be going through depression like the main character Charlie]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667507 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667519 Johnny McIlhon 
Dystopian society where thought itself is surveiled along with all other aspects of life. The main character commits the crime of trying to write about his life and continues to break the rules. 
1984 by George Orwell
Banned in Stalin's Soviet Russia because of its negative views towards communism. 
This book is a crucial part of British literature and provides important insight into the evils of controlling societies. 


]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667519 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667545 Two friends build a secret fantasyland in the woods where they play and forget the rest of the world.
Reasons: references to witchcraft and atheism, profanity
It should not be banned because it is a good story and has themes of friendship and individuality.

]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667545 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667556 By Lauren Myracle
The story is told through IM and follows the ups and downs of Zoe, Angela, and Maddie.
Banned because of "drugs, sex, and encourages teens to rebel against their parents"
I loved these books! I read it in middle school and it gave me a glimpse of high school life. Then I found out, high school isn't like that, but it's entertaining and exciting for young tweens to read.

]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667556 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667562
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain 
Banned because of language / racism
The book should still be read because it shows how  things used to be, if people don't like it they don't have to read it. ]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667562 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667582 -Mackenzie Kane 
-Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell 
-Set over the course of one school year two very different kids meet and find out about true love. This book will make you think about your first love and take you back to how much it pulled you under.
-banned: challenged for offensive language 
-there is some bad language used throughout the book but it still gives you a story line and makes you think about your high school first love. 

]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667582 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667594 By: Harper Lee
-Story of a white man defending a  rape case of an African American man and an white girl in a predominantly white community the 1930's. 
-strong language, discussion of sexuality and rape, and use of the n-word.
-I feel like it should still be read because it teaches racial issues and while it can be somewhat uncomfortable to read it shows that they need to be confronted.

]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667594 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667644 Harry Potter 
By: J. K. Rowling
The Harry Potter series follows a young boy named Harry Potter who finds out at age 11 that he is actually a wizard. This comes as a shock to Harry as he was told his whole life that his parents had died in a car accident and he had no magic within him what so ever by his aunt and uncle. So Harry goes to Hogwarts academy of witchcraft and wizardry. Harry must now complete his years at Hogwarts, which leads him on many adventures.
These books are challened due to the fact that it was wizardry and witches in it, leading to people calling it satanic.
These books has no religious points in them at all. These books are a work of fiction and should be treated as such.

]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667644 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667655 Emily Olsen
-Hop on Pop By Dr. Seuss
-contains several short poems about a variety of characters, and is designed to introduce basic phonics concepts to children
-"encourages children to use violence against their fathers"
- It is a fun classic children's book and doesn't really promote violence at all.

]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667655 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667768 Twilight
Stephenie Meyer
Book about vampires and warewolves.
Challenged because of the violence it has and religious viewpoints.
It should not be banned because it is a good story and has a really strong theme.]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667768 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667775 Captain Underpants
By:  Dav Pilkey
Its about two kids who turn their principle into a super hero they made up.
Banned: For offensive language, Partial Nudity,
Violence, Misbehavior, and Blackmail/ Threats.]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667775 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667878
-Alonso Franco
-plane crashes... someone survives
-description of injuries and trauma too well written for middle school kids
-i feel that the book was a good read and well written and you could almost fell as if you were the the one in the story

]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667878 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667906 by Adolf Hitler
- written while in prison, begins with his childhood and leads into his two greatest hates; Communism and Judaism.
- Banned for: Advocating the nazi party,]]> 2018-02-06 15:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228667906 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228668039 Anna McInville
-Narrated by Death, The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger, a nine-year-old German girl who given up by her mother to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in the small town of Molching in 1939, shortly before World War II.
-suffering, mortality, war, and criminality
-this book tells about living during the time period of just before WWII, and it gives you a perspective of what it would be like 

]]> 2018-02-06 15:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228668039 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228668534 Jackson Gudorf
- Martin Handford
- You look for people in different scenes
- Nudity
- It's just a fun children's book

]]> 2018-02-06 15:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228668534 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228669234 Gabor Csupo

The life of Jesse  an adolescent, changes when he befriends Leslie , the class outsider. The children create an imaginary world called Terabithia, which is inhabited by all manner of magical creatures. Though difficulties fill their ordinary lives,
Witchcraft, atheism, profanity
https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327880087l/2839.jpg]]> 2018-02-06 15:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228669234 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228670134 Leah Lentsch

Story of a dystopian, future society where no books exist, and firemen start the fires. It is dull, boring, and lifeless in this future world. Guy Montag decides to take control of himself. 

It was banned because one of the books burned in the book was the Bible. 

It should still be read because it highlights the value of books. 

]]> 2018-02-06 15:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228670134 https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228673013 Julie of the wolves by Jean Craighead George. This book is about a girl who goes by two different names, one for her village and another one for town. When things go bad at home she leaves for town but gets lost in the wilderness. She ends up staying with a wolf pack and ends up likes living with them. Then she is torn between staying with the wolves or going back to her village. I think that this book doesn't need to be banned because there is nothing wrong with it. ]]> 2018-02-06 15:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ahall25/y0plod1rc277/wish/228673013