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Where can I find out more information on why a particular book was banned?

• Visit your local public library and ask your librarian.
• Find or purchase the latest Banned Books Week Resource Guide, updated every three years, which may be available at or through your local public library.
• E-mail the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom to ask about a specific book. A staff member will reply with any information the office has on file. Please limit your inquiry to one book. If you would like information on more than one book, please consider purchasing the Banned Books Week Resource Guide.
• Find or purchase the BBW Resource Guide Short List, updated each year.
• See Banned and/or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century.