Read "Banned" Kids' Books @ LPL!

This list includes some of the children's titles available at Loveland Public Library that are frequently challenged or banned elsewhere according to the American Library Association. Please visit ala.org/advocacy/bbooks for more titles and information on intellectual freedom.
 

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1. Bridge to Terabithia

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Author:
Paterson, Katherine
Average Rating:
5 stars
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Kit, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. All summer, Jess pushed himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade, and when the year's first school-yard race was run, he was going to win. But his victory was stolen by a newcomer, by a girl, one who didn't even know enough to stay on the girls'...

2. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone

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Author:
Rowling, J. K.
Series:
Harry Potter (Original series) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Hoopla Flex (Loveland) eAudiobook, Illustrated Edition, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook, Playaway
Description:
After he is rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

3. Roll of thunder, hear my cry

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Author:
Taylor, Mildred D.
Series:
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

4. A wrinkle in time

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Author:
L'Engle, Madeleine
Series:
Time quintet volume 1.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Formats:
Book, Audio CD, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook, Playaway
Description:
Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.