YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT BOOK!

That would be these books:

Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman, by Paul Zindel
Lord of the Flies, by Wiliam Golding
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Because they're on the list of Most Banned Books for Teens.

And because it's Banned Books Week, you should check them out from Culbreth Library and read them.

Because you can.

And I don't know about you, but when someone says, "You can't have that," particularly if they say "because it will be bad for you," I want to find out what that's all about.

You should also go to ASIF and see which cool authors are "Authors Supporting Intellectual Freedom." Some of our favorites are there, including Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak), Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), and Jeanne DuPrau (City of Ember) with about 25 others.

Celebrate your freedom to read 'em!