Letter to the Editor: In response to ‘Useful idiots’

Dear Editor: 

Out of 122 people at a protest, you chose to publicly call me out over my stance on banning books. I would like to thank you, Mr. Crane, for the wonderful opportunity to list 30 of the top 100 frequently challenged/banned books according to the American Library Association:

The Holy Bible, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the “Captain Underpants” series by Dav Pilkey, “Thirteen Reasons Why” by Jay Asher, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, “And Tango Makes Three” by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, “Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank, “1984” by George Orwell, “Skippyjon Jones” by Judith Schachner, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou, “The Walking Dead” series by Robert Kirkman, “The Librarian” by Jeanette Winter, “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas, “It’s a Book” by Lane Smith, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, “A Child Called ‘It’” by Dave Pelzer, “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, “Goosebumps” series by R.L. Stine, “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel, “The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby” by Dav Pilkey, “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers, “House of the Spirits” by Isabell Allende, “Awakening” by Kate Chopin, “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls, “Scary Stories” series by Alvin Schwartz, “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley and “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. 

“If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.” - Andrea Junker

Nikole Greene

Greybull