Recently Banned Books In The Us. The perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky. The american library association’s office for intellectual freedom (oif) has been documenting attempts to ban books in libraries and schools since 1990.
I was unaware of any ban on the books mentioned here and easily obtained a copy of the bluest eye and persepolis (and perspolis 2). This novel was challenged or banned due to its inclusion of profanity, sexual references and its religious viewpoint. For some alternative sites with great titles banned by bezos, here’s some possible candidates:
This novel has also won a number of prizes.
Book descriptions provided by amazon and edited lightly for length. Classic books and contemporary young adult novels have been banned in schools. The perks of being a wallflower ranks as one of the most frequently challenged books of 2009 due to chbosky’s blunt descriptions of drug usage, sexual content and suicide. The hate u give by angie thomas