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Virtual Displays: Banned Books Week Oct.5-11 2025

This guide showcases eBook versions of physical displays at the Fr. Leonard Alvey Library.

What They Didn't Want You to Read

These books were banned or challenged for daring to explore topics that some found too controversial, uncomfortable, or disruptive. The very ideas that made them questioned are the same ones that make them worth reading today. Discover for yourself what they didn’t want you to read.

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"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." Ray Bradbury

Banned, Challenged, controversial... Which book will surprise you?

https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data

Who demands book bans in schools and public libraries? 72% Pressure Groups and Government Entities. (including elected officials, board members, and administrators) 16% Parents. 12% Other (individual library users, teachers, librarians, staff). ALA American Library Association.

 

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