Every year, the ALA celebrates the freedom to read by holding a banned books week. This year Banned Books Week takes place from September 26 – October 3.
In celebration of this week, and in celebration of an amazing writer who stands up to censorship, I am giving away the Crank Trilogy by Ellen Hopkins. Crank and Glass are paperbacks. Fallout is an ARC. The cover of Crank unfortunately got a little bit bent when I threw it in my bag. These books have been gently read.
Puppy Paws Not Included
Contest Details:
To Enter: Leave a comment recommending a banned book you enjoyed. Because the comment box asks for your email, don’t worry about putting that into the body of the comment.
This contest is open internationally. It will end at midnight (est) on October 8th.
For one extra entry just tweet this: I want to win the Crank Trilogy from @booksandwine http://wp.me/p15oks-7s
Contest Is Closed.
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I loved Summer of Twenty Boys, if you haven’t read it you should! It was really good!
+1 Tweeted – http://twitter.com/BadassBookie/status/25952754008
Thanks!
+JMJ+
My favourite book-that-got-banned of all time is . . . The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. It is dark, gritty, uncompromising in its treatment of cruelty, and totally awesome!!!
Harry Potter series!!! Second in line will be Vampire Academy series. I can’t believe they’re banned :/
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/AngeliaFRusli/status/25970077629
I LOVE the Vampire Academy series, probably one of the best of all times lol. Why does it matter the kind of books we read as long as we keep doing so?!
Tweeted—> http://twitter.com/Tibiux/status/25979021655
I am reading Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott right now. It’s really intense, but still an amazing read!
I tweeted too. :] @erindubrock
~Erin D.
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harry Potter, A Wrinkle in Time, Their Eyes Were Watching God, I could go on.
Great giveaway!
I can’t believe MY SISTER’S KEEPER is banned . . . why?? I love the book although the ending made me cry.
Please enter me in the giveaway.
~Chrizette
I really want to read these books, so thanks for the giveaway!
Banned books I’ve read – I have to say the Harry Potter series! One of my favories
sandric.sk(at)gmail(dot)com
A great giveaway!
Why would anyone want to ban the HP books? It’s crazy, it’s one of my favourite series!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/AmberWinchester/status/
And my email is teenage.fairytale (at) gmail (dot) com
I would have to go with the Harry Potter books and The Giver because I loved those. Thanks for having an international giveaway! I’m interested in these books but I haven’t had the chance to pick them up yet.
Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/chachictweets/status/26031472434
I love the Harry potter books and also blood and chocolate
Great contest
I loved the Harry Potter books! My childhood wouldn’t have been the same without them!
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jmspettoli/status/26057301757
The one banned book that sticks in my mind from years ago is Lolita by Nabachov.
I eventually read it a few years later,
I recently read the banned book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and really enjoyed it.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of my favorites! I recommend it
Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Entre_Libros/status/26205986470
Hi there!
Thanks for this giveaway!!
I have to say that my favorite banned book (as I have not read that many) is The Color Purple.
Also, I twitted: http://twitter.com/yllektra/status/25864681240
tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/justeena/status/26220206110
I would recommend Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler, which I read recently and really liked it.
I must say that would be Harry Potter series (i just knew the are banned books recently and I don’t really get it why?) and of course The Lord Of The Ring. These are the best of the best and I’m looking for other banned books too like Speak and Twenty Boy Summer. And after all Ellen Hopkins books being banned, it urges me to look out for them too. They just can’t stop us, right?
Oh, thanks for the giveaway!
I twitted here:
http://twitter.com/darlyn5/status/26242743747
Easily Perks of Being a Wallflower
Seriously, is any book better than Huck Finn?
I really enjoyed Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.
I really liked Speak and Perks of Being a Wallflower, and I think they can help promote healing to people who need it.
Definitely The Lords Of The Ring!
fahrenheit 451 was one of my favorite banned books….
k_sunshine1977 at yahoo dot com
Farenheit 451 is the classic banned books week book
I loved “Unwind” by Neal Shusterman. I also adore “Valley of the Dolls”. Thanks for a great giveaway!
Speak and Harry Potter for sure! both are among my favourite books ever!!
tweeted: http://twitter.com/pinkcreamsoda/status/26656850430
Twenty Boy Summer! It’s a great read.
Also tweeted the following:
http://twitter.com/jacmom1/statuses/26659784112
I will have to give my vote to the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead it’s one of my favorite series and I can not wait for the last book to be released:-)
Thank you for this giveaway and for making it international.
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/Forceofstars/status/26682779126
Totally agree with Fahrenheit 451 ! We studied it in HS and I loved it!
I have a few to recommend
Twenty Boy Summer
Of Mice and Men
The Color Purple
Macbeth
Carrie
Charlotte’s Web
Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret?
The Goosebumps series
I could go on and on!!
Thank you for the chance, definitely enter me
Harry Potter series definitely! I like the Gossip Girl series too, though I didn’t read all of them.
I would recommend To Kill a Mockingbird and The Vampire Academy series.
I need the whole trilogy!
Allison T
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Speak, the Harry Potter series, and Slaughterhouse-Five
I cant believe that there are such great books that are being banned.
I have to admit that I’m a Harry Potter fan, love all the books in the series!!!!
Also loved Vampire Academy…
Most recent banned book I read was Perks of being a Wallflower, what a great book! My friend recommended it to me and I loved it
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