It should be noted here that many of these
books were
mandatory reading for
classes at my (and I assume other's)
school, notably:
2.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
3.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
4.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
5.
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
6.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
9.
The Witches by Roald Dahl
12.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
13.
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
17.
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck
20.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
26.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
29.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
34.
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
43.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Literature is one of the
highlights of the
human race. To say that these books should not be made available is to put down our own humanity.