Banned Book – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:28:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Banned Book – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 Illegal Banned Book Library In a Private School https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/28/illegal-banned-book-library-in-a-private-school/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/28/illegal-banned-book-library-in-a-private-school/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:28:03 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=467 Continue reading Illegal Banned Book Library In a Private School →]]> This, if real, is over the top cool.

I go to a private school that is rather strict. Recently, the principal and school teacher council released a (very long) list of books we’re not allowed to read. I was absolutely appalled, because a large number of the books were classics and others that are my favorites. One of my personal favorites, The Catcher in the Rye, was on the list, so I decided to bring it to school to see if I would really get in trouble. Well… I did but not too much. Then (surprise!) a boy in my English class asked if he could borrow the book, because he heard it was very good AND it was banned! This happened a lot and my locker got to overflowing with the banned books, so I decided to put the unoccupied locker next to me to a good use. I now have 62 books in that locker, about half of what was on the list. I took care only to bring the books with literary quality. Some of these books are:

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