I‘ve always meant to read this one and I‘m glad #bannedbookweek inspired me to finally pick it up, it really is as powerful as everyone says. Johnson‘s story does a wonderful job of illustrating how even if you‘re lucky enough to be surrounded by loving family and friends, being part of a marginalized community inescapably increases the chances that trauma, violence, illness, abuse and mental health struggles will affect your life.
These are random picks from my bookshelf. Some are from my youth, and some are newer because I'm always adding on to my collection when I can.
I could not believe and was sad that Goosebumps books would be on the ban list!
It was stories like these that compelled me to read books when I was a kid. Author's like Avi, Christopher Pike, Cate Tiernan, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Garth Nix...and yes, R.L. Stine.
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It‘s Banned Book Week and National Comic Book Day, so here are some Banned Graphic Novels 📚
#TheDiaryOfAnneFrank #Drama #RainaTelgemeier #Maus #ArtSpiegelman #GenderQueer #MaiaKobabe #TheColorOfEarth #KimDongHwa #ThisOneSummer #MarikoTamaki #PrideOfBaghdad #BrianKVaughan #BettyTheHelenBettyOsborneStory #DavidAlexanderRobertson #Persepolis #MarjaneSatrapi #BannedBookWeek #NationalComicBookDay #GraphicNovels #NonFiction #Comics #Memoir #Biography
I read banned books… and I loved them all! All rereads. I read The Giver every year and this year I added a few other banned books.
#bannedbookweek
#BookSpinBingo #Scarathlon #TeamCreepinItReal
Reason challenged: Sexual content, anti-family, nudity, offensive language, and unsuited for age group.
#bannedbookweek #graphicnovel
Another book that seems fitting to read for #BannedBooks #TitlesAndTunes #Blues
#LetFreedomRead #BannedBookWeek
@BarbaraBB please add Beautiful Scars by Merry Clayton to our playlist
