{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Book Jar Podcast","title":"Banned Books: Which Ones We've Read And Our Thoughts | Elana K. Arnold, Judy Blume, J.D. Salinger, and More","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f341e5db\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3892,"description":"Books are made to be read, not banned. In this episode, Megan and Marissa discuss banned books. From the most commonly banned novels to their favourite illicit reads, these two readers dive into why the books are banned and why they disagree. As always, they start the podcast with their most recent reads and end it by drawing a new topic from the jar.\nArticles referenced in the episode:\nMost Banned Books of All Time (Containing list of top 25 banned books)\nPlot twist: Activists skirt book bans with guerrilla giveaways and pop-up libraries\nTop 10 Most Famous Banned Books Of All Time\n15 of the Most Famous Banned Books in US History\nBook Censorship in Canada\nThe 50 Most Banned Books in America Right Now\nTop 100 List of Banned Books 2024\nExpect us to discuss:\nScary Stories to Tell in the Dark (series) by Alvin Schwartz\nAlice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor\nOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck\nIt’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health by Robie Harris\nAdventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain\nThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison \nTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee\nThe Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger \nThe Color Purple by Alice Walker \nI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou \nThe Giver by Lois Lowry \nThe Chocolate War by Robert Cormier\nAnd Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson \nBeloved by Toni Morrison \nBrave New World by Aldous Huxley \nCaptain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey \nInternet Girls (series) by Lauren Myracle \nForever… by Judy Blume\nThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky \nFallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers \nBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson \nMy Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier \nGo Ask Alice by Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks)\nIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak \nHarry Potter (series)\nThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher\nSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson\nThe Shining by Stephen King\nThe Sarah J. Maas Multiverse (Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/gb1DvCdrOSeTwtpqWAtzsTbe9eHeP_nGT2otZ8iDU1U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2MzIwLzE2Mzg5/NDU5MDUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}