Banned Book Club meets the third Tuesday of every month at Tempest Lounge, 913 MLK Way, Tacoma. We exclusively read books that have been Banned or Challenged, usually at schools or school libraries. Each month, the selected book is available for purchase at King's Bookstore. To see what we're reading this month, go to the main Events page. NOTE: Must be 21 to go to Tempest, or accompanied by an adult. To see a list of the most frequently challenged books of 2010, click here. If you're on Facebook, like our Page. If you have questions, please email sweet pea for more information.
Previous Reads:
April 2012: The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
March 2012: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
February 2012: Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
January 2012: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
December 2011: The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
November 2011: Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
October 2011: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark collected by Alvin Schwartz
September 2011: Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
August 2011: Crank by Ellen Hopkins
July 2011: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
June 2011: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
May 2011: Aura by Carlos Fuentes
April 2011: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
March 2011: Unwind by Neal Schusterman
February 2011: TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY by Jay Asher
January 2011: Jubilee by Margaret Walker
December 2010: Naked by David Sedaris
November 2010: Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
October 2010: The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
September 2010: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
August 2010: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
July 2010: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
July 2010: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
June 2010: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
May 2010: Am I Blue? edited by Marion Dane Bauer
April 2010: In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason
March 2010: Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
February 2010: The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
January 2010: The Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen
December 2009: Bridge to Terabithia & Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
November 2009: Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
October 2009: Luna by Julie Anne Peters
September 2009: Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
August 2009: Push by Sapphire
July 2009: Baby Be-Bop by Francesca Lia Block
June 2009: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
May 2009: My Father's Scar by Michael Cart
April 2009: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
March 2009: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
February 2009: Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
January 2009: Cracking India by Bapsi Sidwha
December 2008: The Misfits by James Howe
November 2008: Abduction! by Peg Kehret
October 2008: The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks
September 2008: Fat Kid Rules the World by KL Going
August 2008: The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell
July 2008: Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
June 2008: Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
May 2008: The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
April 2008: Sandpiper by Ellen Wittlinger
March 2008: America by E.R. Frank
February 2008: The God Box by Alex Sanchez
January 2008: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
December 2007: The Earth, My Butt & other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
November 2007: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
October 2007: This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
September 2007: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
August 2007: Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
July 2007: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
June 2007: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
May 2007: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
April 2007: What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
March 2007: So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
February 2007: Another Country by James Baldwin
January 2007: Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
December 2006: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
November 2006: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
October 2006: James and the Giant Peach and The Witches by Roald Dahl
September 2006: The Giver by Lois Lowry
August 2006: Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
July 2006: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
June 2006: Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
May 2006: Forever by Judy Blume
April 2006: The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
March 2006: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
February 2006: Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
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