Banned Books
The top six most challenged books in 2019 all share this similar reason for being challenged.
What is LGBTQIA+
This is the best-selling series of all time
What is Harry Potter?
This genre dominates the booktok space
What is romance?
BLANK out of five adults cannot read or write
What is one?
This is a quote from which famous book: “He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
What is Wuthering Heights?
This commonly challenged book features the characters Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy Buchanan.
What is the Great Gatsby?
This Jane Austen novel earned Emma Thompson the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1995
What is Sense and Sensibility?
This is the author of Love Hypothesis, Love Theoretically, and Love on the Brain
Who is Ali Hazelwood?
Two thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by _____ grade are unlikely to catch up
What is 4th grade?
This is a quote from which famous book: “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
What is Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secrets?
This British author’s frequently challenged fantasy novels inspired a trilogy of movies with a total run time of 558 minutes
What is The Lord of the Rings?
This Shakespeare play is the basis for the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You
What is The Taming of the Shrew?
This book features a forbidden romance between the son of the President of the United States and the Prince of Wales
What is Red, White, and Royal Blue?
This number of adults in the U.S. can't read well enough to read a simple story to a child
What is 44 million?
This is a quote from which famous book: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
What is the Lorax?
This Oklahoma author wrote and published her first novel in 1967 while still in high school; it has been frequently challenged despite being required high school reading still to this day
What is The Outsiders?
The 1995 film Clueless is based on this novel by Jane Austen
What is Emma?
This is the common name of the literary trope where a character is in a situation where they are required to spend time with someone, leading to unexpected romance
What is forced proximity?
This many minutes a day of independent reading can expose students to more than a million words of text in a year
What is 15 minutes?
This is a quote from which famous book: "Carry yourself with the same confidence as a mediocre white man."
What is the Love Hypothesis?
This is generally considered the most banned book of all time in America.
What is 1984 by George Orwell?
Easy A (2010) is an adaptation of this classic American novel
What is The Scarlet Letter?
What is the term for a book printed and distributed before its official release to generate early reviews and buzz?
What is ARC (Advanced Reader Copy)?
One in BLANK children grows up not knowing how to read
What is four?
This is a quote from which famous book: “I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
What is the Great Gatsby?