Banned Books - A History

Owen dives into the history of banning books, reasons books are challenged, and he even recommends his favorite challenged title. Here is a list of all the books Owen mentions:

• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

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