Books · 09-26-2015

Young Adult books are the focus of this year’s Banned Books Week. The annual celebration of the freedom to read will run from Sunday, September 27 through Monday, October 3, 2015. "Young Adult books are challenged more frequently than any other type of book," said Judith Platt, chair of the Banned Books Week National Committee. "These are the books that speak most immediately to young people, dealing with many of the difficult issues that arise in their own lives, or in the lives of their...