Banned Book Discussion
Wednesday, April 10 | 6:30 – 8pm | Lounge
SOLD by Patricia McCormick
Published in 2006, SOLD tells the story of a girl from Nepal named Lakshmi, who is sold into sexual slavery in India. The novel is written in a series of short, vignette-style chapters, from the point of view of the main character.
The book is banned for being too sexually graphic in nature
Arrowhead Library System has ten copies available for check out or hold or also available online for as little as $8.
Every year, books are banned and challenged in public and school libraries, usually because they fall somewhere on a wide spectrum of appropriateness. Often a single parent (or someone who doesn’t have a child in the school district) can challenge a book, which effectively removes it from the shelves pending a review. Many children (and adults) get their reading books from their school or public library, so removing them from the shelf makes them inaccessible to that reader, effectively banning them. We rebelliously read these banned books and discuss what they are about and why they have been banned.
Questions? Contact Dianne Edson – [email protected]
Below is reading schedule for 2024
- 5/22 – Crank by Ellen Hopkins
- 7/3 – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
8/14, 9/25, and 11/6 are undecided