Banned Books Week

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Harry Potter
Bridge to Terabithia
Sex
The Great Gilly Hopkins
A Wrinkle in Time
The Stupids
Anastasia Krupnik
Blubber
The Handmaid’s Tale
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Light in the Attic
Brave New World
James and the Giant Peach
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
The Face on the Milk Carton
Lord of the Flies
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Where’s Waldo?

These are some of the top 100 banned books that I’ve read. They have very literally helped make me who I am – in little ways, in big ways, but in important ways. And the idea that people want to take these books away from kids enrages me.

Go read a banned book. It’s important.