What is Banned Books Week, you ask? Let's see what the experts in all things library have to say. Straight from the American Library Association:
Banned Books Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them.
Truth!
Make sure you stop by the Westbury Library to grab a Banned Books Week booklist. Too lazy to make the trip? Here are a few books that have had the censors in a tizzy this year:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher
Fat Kid Rules the World by KL Going
Of course, all these and more are available at the Westbury Library.
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