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Ban This Book - Alan Gratz. Well-behaved women seldom make history. It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favorite book in the whole world, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, from the school library. That’s when Mrs. Amy Anne decides to fight back by starting a secret banned book library out of her locker. Starscape | August 2017 | Ages 8 and up Gratz delivers a book lover’s book that speaks volumes about kids’ power to effect change at a grassroots level. —Publishers Weekly An inspiring story about “good trouble” that’s worth the consequences. —Booklist A stout defense of the right to read. —Kirkus 2018-2019 North Carolina Battle of the Books 2019-2020 White Nile Award 2020 Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award Winner Audio Book Cover Art Australia & New Zealand Cover Art German Cover Art Italian Cover Art Bulgarian Cover Art Original Hardcover Cover Art.
Ban this book. Ban This Book First Chapter.mp4. Banned Books - City of Busselton Libraries. In the past, Australia was one of worst censors in the English-speaking world. The most common reason for a book being banned in Australia was that it was deemed “obscene,” meaning it was believed it could corrupt the morals of the reader. This was often used to suppress LGBTQIA+ works. Australian’s book bans were largely overturned by the Fraser government, but some books remain banned — or at least restricted — in Australia, or in a specific State. American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis. Although the movie is readily available, the original novel is restricted in Australia for its inclusion of graphic violence and sex, and was completely banned in the State of Queensland.
The Anarchist Cookbook, William Powell. Another Country, by James Baldwin. The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio. The Naked Lunch, by William S. 10 stupidly banned children’s books – and the REAL reasons they should be banned | Kidspot. 4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Why it was banned: On publication in 1964, the original edition raised allegations of racism for its depiction of the Oompa Loompas who were then written as African Pygmies, happily slaving away for a wage of cocoa beans. The pygmies were also willing to be experimented upon. Oh, those imperialist middle-class white British men, they crack me up! The book was revised in 1973 with the Oompa Loompas becoming orange-skinned dwarves from the fictional Loompaland. I’d say it’s only a matter of time before they also have to be ‘short-statured people’. Why it really should be banned: Oh where do I start?
Implying that overweight children are gluttonous pigs who should be sucked up a pipe and shot into the factory’s bowels. The irresponsible encouragement of worker’s comp exploitation: in a classic case of disability fraud, Willy Wonka pretends to have a limp when he first meets the competition winners. Banned Books Week | October 1 – 7, 2023.