Book Banning Resources for Argument Essay

We read "Darkness Too Visible" and "Banned Books We Loved" together in class to study how readers can make meaning from lengthy and challenging texts and the craft moves authors use convey those ideas:

Here are links to those articles, as well as the ones available to you during our independent reading research  periods that you can use as support in your argument essay or read to broaden your knowledge of the topic:

Age Rated Books: Right or Wrong?  from BBC News

Man from Ministry Bans Potter from The Boston Globe

Darkness Too Visible from The Wall Street Journal

Has Young Adult Literature Gotten Too Dark? from Salon.com in response to Darkness Too Visible

Sherman Alexie, author of The Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian, responds to Darkness Too Visible 

Ellen Hopkins' Banned Book Manifesto

Yes, teen fiction can be dark, but it shows teenagers they aren't alone, The Guardian's response to Darkness Too Visible

Megan Cox Gurdon's follow up to Darkness Too Visible: My "Reprehensible" Take on Teen Literature in the Wall Street Journal

Reading Improves Empathy from The Guardian

Sick Lit Books Aimed at Children by The Daily Mail

The Guardian's response to "Sick Lit" article from The Daily Mail

Perks of Being a Wallflower removed from the Chicago Tribune

Students ask school board to reconsider Perks of Being a Wallflower from The Chicago Tribune

Perks of Being a Wallflower reconsidered from the Chicago Tribune