Inspired by this year's annual Banned Books Week theme “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”, the Henry Whittemore Library encouraged the Framingham State University to get involved and protect guaranteed access to books for ALL residents across the Commonwealth. Along with the Education Department, the library sponsored "Free Expression and Book Bans in MA: What Can We Do?"
State Reps. David Linsky, Jack Patrick Lewis, and Adam Scanlon (FSU '19) explained the importance of two bills currently being proposed to protect book access for all, while encouraging students, staff, and faculty to advocate and get involved at the local level. The panelists included Professors Lisa Eck, Chu Ly, and Thomas Severo, alongside FSU President Nany Niemi and students Norah Russell and Charlie Karp, who discussed the challenges and opportunities facing veteran and emerging educators in Massachusetts and beyond.
Below you will find an assortment of historically and recently challenged books found in the Henry Whittemore Library collection. Take a look to see old favorites and new classics:
Th1rteen R3asons Why: A Novel by Jay Asher
Feed by M.T. Anderson
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Persepolis: The Story of A Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Looking for Alaska by John Green
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
Sold by Patricia McCormick
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
The Catcher In the Rye by J.D. Salinger
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel
Flamer by Mike Curato
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
Dreaming In Cuban: A Novel by Cristina Garcia
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Fat Kid Rules the World by Kelly L. Going
Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel by George Orwell, Adapted and Illustrated by Odyr
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Lush by Natasha Friend
The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
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