By Lauren Burdick
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This school will celebrate its freedom to read and the many possibilities books bring during Banned Books Week from Sept. 27 to Oct. 4. This year’s theme is “Closing books shuts out ideas, limits understanding, closes possibilities.”

In addition on Oct. 6 and 7, classes have the opportunity to visit the Media Center and learn about censorship and why it is used in our society. Students will also be able to analyze children’s books and deem the books “appropriate” or “offensive.”

“This is going to be an interactive presentation, so the kids will have the opportunity to discuss the reasons why people challenge materials, and then the students will have the opportunity to discuss why things are offensives,” Media Center specialist Connie Mitchell said.

In the past, books that have been banned include Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and all of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series.