Censorship Themes in Young Adult Literature
  • What is Censorship?
  • Books That Explore Censorship
    • The Book Thief
    • The Sledding Hill
    • The Year They Burned the Books
    • Places I Never Meant To Be
  • Authors Speak Out
    • Judy Blume
    • Lois Lowry
    • Laurie Halse Anderson
    • Chris Crutcher
    • Sherman Alexie
  • Censorship Resources
    • For Students
    • For Teachers and Parents
  • Thoughts on Censorship

Online Resources

KidSpeak!
Inspired by the initial banning of Harry Potter books, KidSpeak! offers advice, support, and a place for young people to comment on book censorship.

Intellectual Freedom for Young People
Young people have First Amendment rights, and this website hosted by the ALA provides information and links to explore these rights.

Youth Free Expression Network
This site provides information about First Amendment rights projects and workshops that teens can choose to participate in.

Internet Public Library TeenSpace
Online search information that provides students with information from online resources they can trust.

Teen Ink: Reviews Written by Teens
This site provides a forum in which teens can express themselves through poetry, essays, stories, reviews, art, and photography.

TeensPoint for Writing and Reading Reviews
A place for teens to browse through books and write book reviews.

Teen Reads
A site where teens can discover new books, read about their favorite authors, and read excerpts of the hottest new releases in young adult literature.

First Amendment Court Cases
This page contains summaries of the most frequently cited First Amendment cases in the history of the United States.

Kids, Know Your Rights!
A Young Person's Guide to Intellectual Freedom created by the Intellectual Freedom Committee, a division of the American Library Association.
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