Monday, September 25, 2017

Banned or Challenged Book Week 2017


Many books on the banned or challenged list are classics. I for one make sure that my kids read all of them before they graduate from high school. One of the great privileges of homeschooling is that I am able to expose my children to great literature! Those banned or challenged books include...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Call of the Wild

The Catcher in the Rye

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Gone With the Wind

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Gatsby

The Jungle

Moby Dick

The Red Badge of Courage

The Scarlet Letter

To Kill A Mockingbird

Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Chocolate War

Of Mice and Men

The Giver

The Bridge to Terabithia

The Kite Runner

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Summer of My German Soldier

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

A Day No Pigs Would Die

A Wrinkle In Time

Julie of the Wolves

I am saddened by the lack of classic literature read in the public school systems today. It is sad that many of the great classics are overlooked for newer books that are thought to be more relevant and better. Not true! You haven't experienced a great book until you have read Jane Eyre and experienced the pages of Pride and Prejudice. 

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