Possible Texts to choose for the Banned Book Project – No more than two students per book! Turn it in early to get your first choice!

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron Foer
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
America Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Native Son, by Richard Wright
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren
The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron

1984 by George Orwell

Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Black Boy by Richard Wright

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Literature is often reflective of the time in which it was written. By looking at what books are challenged and/or banned, we can think critically about changing social issues, changing tastes in reading, and the power of persuasion. In order to choose a book that is right for you, please complete the following questionnaire with your parent/guardian.

Questions for the parent/guardian:

1.  What are your initial thoughts on your student participating in this banned book unit?

2.  Are there books on the list that you have read and you would like for your student to read too? Explain.

3.  Are there books on the list that you would prefer for your student not to read? Please explain.

Select three books that you are interested in reading and researching. Please discuss your choices with your parent/guardian, then complete the following:

First Choice: ______

Why this book?

Second Choice: ______

Why this book?

Third Choice ______

Why did you select this book?

I have read, understand, and discussed the Banned Book project and requirements with my parent/guardian.

______

Student Signature Parent/Guardian Signature