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BKLYN Check It Out, Books For Teens: Banned Books Week

September 21-27 is Banned Books Week. This annual event celebrated at libraries and bookstores honors freedom of speech and the freedom to read. Listed below are just some of the books that have been challenged over the years.

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Brave new world
Aldous Huxley.
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Bless me, Ultima
Rudolfo A. Anaya.
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The autobiography of Malcolm X
with the assistance of Alex Haley ; introduction by M.S. Handler ; epilogue by Alex Haley ; afterword by Ossie Davis.
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Invisible man
Ralph Ellison.
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The bluest eye
Toni Morrison ; [with a foreword by the author].
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Monster
Walter Dean Myers ; illustrations by Christopher Myers.
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