DCHS celebrates Banned Books Week

During the week of Sept. 26 through Oct. 2, our library, along with many around the country, celebrated Banned Books Week. The theme for the week this year was “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.”  To celebrate Banned Books Week, the DCHS library made a display of books that have been challenged or banned across the country. These books included titles such as 1984 by George Orwell, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. 

Banned Books Week was started in 1982 as a response to so many books being challenged due to the topics they covered, which were often considered difficult to understand or inappropriate for children. Generally, the topics that are censored relate to violence,  racism, different cultures, and the LGBT community. According to Miss Johnson, ELA interventionist and library intern, “I think the importance of Banned Books Week is not only to celebrate the freedom we have in this country, but also to acknowledge that some people are hesitant to learn and think about things differently.”