Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy's struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life. Michael turned fourteen in May. By June,...
Challenged and Banned Books
A collection of books that have been challenged or banned across Canada. For more information about challenged works in Canada, visit Freedom To Read.
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Author(s):Major, KevinSummary: - Author(s):Sachar, LouisSummary:
A miscarriage of justice sends Stanley Yelnats to a harsh juvenile detention center. While the warden claims that the hard labor that the boys are subjected to is meant to build character, it becomes clear that she is really using the...
- Author(s):Callender, KherynSummary:
Twelve-year-old Caroline is a Hurricane Child, born on Water Island during a storm. Coming into this world during a hurricane is unlucky, and Caroline has had her share of bad luck already. She's hated by everyone in her small school,...
- Author(s):Angelou, MayaSummary:
Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and...
- Author(s):Russo, MeredithSummary:
A new kind of big-hearted audiobook about being seen for who you really are. Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she's determined not...
- Author(s):Lawrence, D. H.Summary:
An account of Constance Chatterley's love for Mellors, her husband's gamekeeper, and the sense of completeness that they find in each other.
- Author(s):Gephart, DonnaSummary:
"Gephart has written a story that will speak not just to one specific community, but to humanity as a whole." --VOYA
For readers who enjoyed Wonder and Counting by 7's, award-winning author Donna Gephart crafts a compelling dual...
- Author(s):Nabokov, VladimirSummary:
When it was published in 1955, Lolita immediately became a cause célèbre because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. But Vladimir Nabokov's wise, ironic, elegant...
- Author(s):Golding, WilliamSummary:
William Golding's classic novel of primitive savagery and survival is one of the most vividly realized and reviting works in modern fiction. At once a tale of adventure and a merciless allegory on the darker side of human nature, "Lord...
- Author(s):Kaur, RupiSummary:
The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds...
- Author(s):Collins, SuzanneSummary:
The greatly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The greatly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The Capitol is...
- Author(s):Stine, R. L.Summary:
Lindy and Kris become interested in ventriloquism, but they hardly suspect that Kris' new dummy has a mind of its own.
- Author(s):Steinbeck, JohnSummary:
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck's dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics'...
- Author(s):Darwin, CharlesSummary:
In 1831 British naturalist Charles Darwin joined a five-year expedition on the ship HMS Beagle. As the crew explored the southern hemisphere, Darwin took extensive notes on the organisms he encountered and how they differed from the...
- Author(s):Kesey, KenSummary:
An inmate of a mental institution tries to find the freedom and independence denied him in the outside world.
- Author(s):Satrapi, MarjaneSummary:
A memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution.
Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and...
- Author(s):Gravel, EliseSummary:
Simple, accessible, and direct, this picture book is perfect for kids and parents or teachers to read together, opening the door to conversations about gender stereotypes and everyone's right to be their true selves. Is it okay for...
- Author(s):Stevenson, RobinSummary:
For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice, and celebrate a diverse and vibrant community. The high point of Pride, the Pride Parade, is spectacular and colorful. But...
- Author(s):Cabot, MegSummary:
Princess Mia's junior year in high school begins with a difficult course load, a crazy student council race, Grandmere's search for temporary lodging, and learning that her boyfriend is moving to Japan for a year, partly because she...
- Author(s):McQuiston, CaseySummary:
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales' When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius-his image...
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