Banned Books

I had heard about banned books way before I read the textbook but the textbook made me more interested in looking into banned books. First of all, there is a week dedicated to banned books. It takes place from September 30th to October 6th. Some books are only banned from certain schools or counties. Other books may be challenged which means they were thinking about banning them. The Catcher in the Rye was a banned book. Forever by Judy Bloom was also a banned book. One of my favorite author's books, Looking for Alaska by John Green was almost banned as well. This is a very controversial issue and it is one that I disagree in. Parents should monitor what their children read and it shouldn't come down to schools having to remove books from their library or having to confiscate books from students.