20. Looking for Alaska (Part 1: Why It's Banned)

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We discuss ⁠⁠Looking for Alaska by John Green, which was the fifth-most-challenged book in 2022. First published in 2005, Green’s debut novel won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2006. A miniseries based on the book was released on Hulu in 2019.In this episode, we discuss why Looking for Alaska has been banned. We also offer our assessment of its pros and cons. Please listen to our eighteenth episode for a close reading of the book's characters, themes, and significance. Some of the sources mentioned in this episode: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10 https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/looking-for-alaska https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/john-green-book-bans-looking-for-alaska-b2324535.html https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=RdB5DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA117&dq=%22looking+for+alaska%22&ots=Mg3MCZ5Auq&sig=h4vKXEPM1Ty5OtserVqEw8JrEZc#v=onepage&q=%22looking%20for%20alaska%22&f=false https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v43n2/lewis.html https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8987745&fileOId=8987750 Thanks to Chris for our music, Heather for running our Twitter page, and Lizzie for our audio editing! Please visit our website for a ⁠⁠transcript⁠⁠ of this episode.If you would like to join our conversation, please visit ⁠⁠theroguelibrarians.com⁠⁠ or follow us on social media. Please consider supporting our podcast on ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠. We appreciate your support!Linktree: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠Twitter: ⁠⁠@RLibrarians⁠⁠Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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