Banned Book Week

Every year we celebrate the Freedom to Read during banned book week.

Founded in 1982 by the American Library Association, this event is intended to remind us not to take our precious intellectual freedom for granted.

During banned book week, we celebrate our freedom to choose and the freedom to express our opinions, even if that opinion is unorthodox or unpopular.

This event also stresses how important it is to ensure the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to anyone who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.

The 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2007

• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
• Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• TTYL by Lauren Myracle
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Any books you love on this list?