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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week is Coming!
September 26-October 3, 2009)
Mrs. Mahannah's English III classes will be celebrating this week with projects centered on a banned book of each student's choice.

The following websites will be helpful for choosing and researching banned books:

Banned Books Week:
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/

American Library Association's Banned Books Week Page:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Frequently Challenged Books:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/index.cfm

Banned and Challenged Classics:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/index.cfm

Explanation of Bannings and Challenges for Specific Books:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned/index.cfm

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  2. i liked that you had us to do this banned book report its really nice. and it make us know why the books were banned.

    kaneeshia gray

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