New @ the Library: Banned and Challenged Books
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This page features topical lists of items from our print books, ebooks, and DVD collections. Ebooks are accessible to all Central Penn students, faculty, and staff--any time, anywhere you have an internet connection. If you have questions/problems accessing the ebooks, please contact the Library.
Banned and Challenged Books
Go Tell It on the Mountain by Call Number: 813.54 BALISBN: 9780679601548Publication Date: 1995 [1953]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Call Number: 813.542 CHBISBN: 9780671027346Publication Date: 1999
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Call Number: 305.5 EHRISBN: 9780805063899Publication Date: 2002
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Call Number: 813.622 FOEISBN: 9780547735023Publication Date: 2005
Lord of the Flies: A Novel by Call Number: 823.9 GOLDISBN: 9780399501487Publication Date: 2003 [1954]
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel by Call Number: 823.92 HADISBN: 9780385509459Publication Date: 2003
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Call Number: 813.5 HURISBN: 9780060838676Publication Date: 2013 [1937]
A Wrinkle in Time by Call Number: 813.54 L'EN 1 wrinkleISBN: 9780312367541Publication Date: 2007 [1962]
The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Call Number: 813.52 London CallISBN: 9781945186004Publication Date: 2016 [1903 / 1906]
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by Call Number: 823.9 OR animalISBN: 9780451526342Publication Date: 2004 [1945]
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive by Call Number: 362.7 PELISBN: 9781558743663Publication Date: 1995
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Call Number: 823.914 Rowling Vol. 1ISBN: 9780590353403Publication Date: 1997
The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Call Number: 823.914 RushISBN: 9780812976717Publication Date: 2008 [1988]
The Catcher in the Rye by Call Number: 813.5 SAL CATCHISBN: 9780808514039Publication Date: 1991 [1951]
The Complete Persepolis by Call Number: 955.0542 SATISBN: 9780375714832Publication Date: 2007 [2000 / 2004]
The Complete Maus by Call Number: 940.53 SPI Vol. I & IIISBN: 9780679406419Publication Date: 1996 [1986 / 1991]
The Grapes of Wrath by Call Number: 813.52 STEINB GRAPES PENGISBN: 9780140042399Publication Date: 1976 [1939]Winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize
The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings by Call Number: 823.912 TOLK Pt. 1ISBN: 9780345339706Publication Date: 1986 [1954]
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9781480475182Publication Date: 2015 [1884]Print: 818.409 TWAIN
Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Call Number: 813.54 VONISBN: 9780385312080Publication Date: 1994 [1969]
The Color Purple by Call Number: 813.54 WALISBN: 9780671668785Publication Date: 1988 [1982]This novel won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983.
Movies Adapted from Banned and Challenged Books
Beloved / Their Eyes Were Watching God by
Adapted from the novels by Toni Morrison (Beloved) and Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
Call Number: DVD 791.43 Bel/TheirISBN: 0786936758351Publication Date: 2008 [1998 / 2005]
A Clockwork Orange by Call Number: DVD 791.43 ClockworkISBN: 9781419830594Publication Date: 2007 [1971]
The Color Purple by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 COLISBN: 0085391163107Publication Date: 2011 [1985]Adapted from the novel by Alice Walker.
The Emerald Forest / The Lord of the Flies by Call Number: DVD 791.43 Emerald & Lord/FliesPublication Date: 2006 [1985 / 1990]
The Handmaid's Tale by Call Number: DVD 791.43 Handmaid's TaleISBN: 9780792851554Publication Date: 2001 [1990]
Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection by Call Number: DVD 823.91 [1 - 8]ISBN: 9780780674318Publication Date: 2001 - 2011
The Hate U Give by Call Number: DVD 791.437 HATE UISBN: 0024543581062Publication Date: 2019Adapted from the novel by Angie Thomas
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Call Number: DVD 791.43 Lord/Rings FellowshipISBN: 0794043554223Publication Date: 2001
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Call Number: DVD 791.43 ONEISBN: 9780790765143Publication Date: 2002 [1975]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Call Number: DVD 791.4372 PERKSISBN: 0025192174070Publication Date: 2013
To Kill a Mockingbird by Call Number: DVD 791.43 ToKillISBN: 0025192073663Publication Date: 1998 [1962]
