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Written by WAPYB Staff
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Monday, 02 October 2006 |
Banned Book Week
(Extracted from Google)
To Kill a Mockingbird. Of Mice and Men. The Great Gatsby. 1984.
It's hard to imagine a world without these extraordinary literary
classics, but every year there are hundreds of attempts to remove great
books from libraries and schools. In fact, according to the American
Library Association, 42 of 100 books recognized by the Radcliffe
Publishing Course as the best novels of the 20th century have been challenged or banned.
Google Book Search
is our effort to expand the universe of books you can discover, and
this year we're joining libraries and bookstores across the country to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of Banned Books Week – a nationwide
initiative to help people learn about and explore banned books. You can
start by browsing these 42 classics – books we couldn't be more pleased
to highlight.
Challenged this year: To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
"A
first novel of such rare excellence that it will no doubt make a great
many readers slow down to relish more fully its simple distinction." -
Chicago Tribune
Books about To Kill a Mockingbird
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