From Neil Gaiman to Marcus Zusak to Suzanne Collins to Oscar Wilde, we share some of the best ‘dangerous books’ quotes from novels, authors and campaigners defending our right to read any book we want to, as part of our dangerous books weekend we’re running with Amnesty International
A surprising range of children’s books have faced censorship even in the 21st century. JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series has been banned in many schools in the US (and even in one UK school) and on six occasions the books were publicly burned on the grounds that they promoted witchcraft.
Adults have often tried to stop children reading books they considered unsuitable or dangerous: in 1973, a school board in North Dakota confiscated all the copies of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five which were being used for English lessons. Many of the students refused to give up their books, so the school ordered a search of their lockers and burnt all the the copies of Slaughterhouse Five that they found there.
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