Nobody can show you the effects of censorship quite like a favorite character. Here are some books that take place in worlds where the spread of information is carefully controlled.
Delirium by Lauren Oliver: In a futuristic world where love is considered a disease and all citizens over the age of eighteen must be “cured,” the government has destroyed all but 100 approved poems. After all, you wouldn’t want someone to read a love poem and risk the disease, would you?
The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutche: Billy, recently deceased, keeps an eye on his best friend and helps him stand up to an English teacher who is orchestrating a censorship challenge.
The Giver by Lois Lowry: Jonas lives in a perfect world—there is no war, fear, or pain. But when he becomes a “Receiver of Memory” and learns about these hardships along with things like snow, sunshine and color, he’s forced to question whether he wants to live in a world where everything is the same.
Have you read any of these books? What other books can you think of?
