{"id":2734,"date":"2020-10-15T18:04:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?page_id=2734"},"modified":"2020-10-15T18:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T18:04:14","slug":"banned-books-week-2020-banned-books-we-read","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/gallery\/banned-books-week-2020-banned-books-we-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books Week 2020: Banned Books We Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Participants read 2-3 minute excerpts from diverse banned, challenged, or otherwise censored books on September 30th, at a virtual banned books \u201cread-in&#8221; hosted by the Student College, Academic, and Research Libraries Association (SCARLA) and the Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA), also co-sponsored by New Brunswick Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>The following titles represent the diversity of books banned for various reasons, noted in the legend for each, over time in the United States and elsewhere in\u00a0 the world. Click on the image to access the title either from Rutgers University Libraries (RU-restricted) or WorldCat to find a copy in a library nearby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2827\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VwOz7l\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2827 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/Wallflower-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/Wallflower-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/Wallflower.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Perks of Being a Wallflower has been challenged for drugs\/alcohol\/smoking, homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit, being unsuited for age group. and more in various school districts in the US.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2826\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/adventures-of-captain-underpants\/oclc\/36011524\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2826 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/Underpants-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/Underpants-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/Underpants.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because it is seen to encourage \u201cdisruptive behavior,\u201d The Adventures of Captain Underpants is widely censored\/banned in US schools. Since 1997 to date series regularly makes ALA Top 10 Most Challenged Books.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2825\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/day-in-the-life-of-marlon-bundo\/oclc\/1129594365&amp;referer=brief_results\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2825 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/MarlonBundo-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/MarlonBundo-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/MarlonBundo-1024x1001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/MarlonBundo-768x751.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/MarlonBundo-1536x1501.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/MarlonBundo-2048x2002.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A parody children\u2019s book featuring Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s pet rabbit Bundo (aka BOTUS, the Bunny of the United States), who discovers his gay identity. It was challenged by a patron at the public library of Terrell (TX) on religious grounds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2824\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/33IEwyK\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2824\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/george-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"cover art\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/george-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/george.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the ALA top challenged books list since 2016, some have found the content of the book offensive because the book\u2019s young protagonist is transgender, George, who knows she\u2019s a girl named Melissa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants read 2-3 minute excerpts from diverse banned, challenged, or otherwise censored books on September 30th, at a virtual banned books \u201cread-in&#8221; 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