Thursday, October 5, 2017

Freadom to Read: The Joy Luck Club



Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club was challenged at a high school because it had “explicit” and “inappropriate material.”

The book was made into a movie in 1993, and here is an image of the movie poster.




Source:  R. Doyle. Books Challenged or Banned in 2004-2005. 

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Freadom to Read: The Giver



The book, The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, won the Newbery Medal in 1994, but it has been banned and challenged because of references to various forms of death.


A movie based on The Giver came to theaters in 2014, and featured Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, and Katie Holmes.


Official movie poster