Classic Banned Books
This story was banned because it depicts women in unconventionaal roles. It features a lion, scarecrow, and tin man.
What is The Wizard of Oz.
Who wrote Reminders of Him?
Colleen Hoover
A law regarding the age of consent is named after this famous Shakespearean play
Romeo & Juliet
This poet wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"...
Who is Maya Angelou?
It was banned for racism, profanity, foul language, violence. It features two main characters; one freakishly strong who likes to pet mice and wants to raise rabbits.
What is Of Mice and Men
Who wrote Song of Achilles?
Madeline Miller
This poem is composed of 14 lines (most are divided into three quatrains and a final, concluding couplet) and rhymes in a "abab cdcd efef gg" pattern...
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
This poet describes hope as a "thing with feathers"...
Emily Dickinson
Banned for its controversial subjects and view of human nature, the plot is shipwrecked children try to govern themselves and nothing goes right.
What is Lord of The Flies
Who wrote The Inheritance Games?
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
This Shakespearen character says "life is written by an idiot"
Who is MacBeth?
This person is self-desribed as "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet"
Who is Aurde Lorde?
It was banned for liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and teenage angst. The main character is named Holden Caulfield.
What is The Catcher in the Rye
What 2 of Taylor Jenkins Reids famous books?
Daisy Jones and the Six
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Malibu Rising
One True Loves
Carrie Soto Is Back
This famous line is said by Julius Caesar as he is stabbed by his best friend, Brutus, in the tragedy, Julius Caesar...
What is "Es-tu Brut"?
This poet was famously born in Harlem...
Who is Langston Hughes?
Banned for the book's portrayal of slaves in the antebellum South and for the immoral behavior of its heroine, Scarlett O'Hara. It takes place during the Civil War.
What is Gone With The Wind
Who wrote the Midnight Library?
Matt Haig
This character goes by the psuedonym, Robin Goodfellow...
Who is Puck?
This poet effectively popularized the Haiku...
Who is Matsuo Basho?