HONS 160: Rebel or Hero? Banned Books & Controversial Writing (Larson)

  Beloved by Toni Morrison, 1987, 321 pages, Race, Sex/Sexuality. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here and here.

  The Color Purple  by Alice Walker, 1982, 304 pages, Sex/Sexuality, Abuse. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here and here.

  Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank, 1947, 283 pages, Holocaust. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here and here.

  Drama by Raina Telgemeir, 2012, 238 pages, graphic novel, Sex/Sexuality, Politics. Not at SCSU Library. More on the book here. Request book through interlibrary loan.

  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1818, 200+ pages. Free copy available on EBooks Minnesota. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here and here.

  Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, 2006, 232 pages, Graphic Novel Sex/Sexuality. Not at SCSU Library. More on the book here.  Request through Interlibrary Loan.

  George by Alex Gino, 2015, 195 pages, Sex/Sexuality. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.


  The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, 2005, 289 pages, Sex/Sexuality, Abuse. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.

  The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, 1995, 399 pages, Religion. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.

  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939, 464 pages,  Politics. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.

  The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, 1985, 311 pages, Sex/Sexuality. Not at SCSU Library. More on the book here. Request through Interlibrary Loan.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, 2017, 444 pages, Police brutality. Not at SCSU Library. More on the book here. Request through Interlibrary Loan.

  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 1969, 289 pages, Sex/Sexuality, Sexual Violence. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here and here.

  Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence, 192,8 376 pages, Sex/Sexuality. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here and here.

  Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov, 1955, 327 pages, Sex/Sexuality, Sexual Violence. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here and here.

  Looking for Alaska by John Green, 2005, 258 pages, Sex/Sexuality. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.

  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass, 1845, 96 pages, Race. Free copy available from Project Gutenberg. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here, here, and here.

  Night by Elie Wiesel, 1956, 119 pages, Holocaust. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here and here.

  Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, 1999, 230 pages, Sex/Sexuality, Sexual Violence, Drugs. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.

  Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, 160 pages, graphic novel, Religion. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.

  This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, 2014, 320 pages, graphic novel. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.

  Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 1937, 219 pages, Sex/Sexuality. Available from SCSU Library, further information available here.

  Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan, 2013, 210 pages, Sex/Sexuality. Not at SCSU Library. More on the book here. Request through Interlibrary Loan.

Since our physical book stacks are closed due to COVID-19, to borrow books or media, please use the links to book information from the library catalog and then use the Husky Fetch service. 

Simply place a hold on the books you want using the Library’s Books and More catalog, and Husky Fetch will fetch them for you. You will receive an email when your books are ready to be picked up at the Circulation Desk.

1. Search under Books and More in LibSearch.
2. If the item is Available at University Library, click on it 
3. Be sure to Sign in with your StarID
4. Under Get It, click on Request
5. Select a Not need after date and click Send Request
6. Wait for an email from the Library
7. Pick up your book at the Circulation Desk.  Have your SCSU ID with you so you can check out the book.

• Sign in with your StarID and password. If you have trouble signing in, please contact the Circulation desk at 320-308-3083. 
• For citation type, select a book or article.
• Fill out as much information as you can. Fields noted with an asterisk (*) are required.
• If applicable, please write "I am a distance student" in the Comment field and include your current mailing address.
• Click on Send Request.

More information on Interlibrary Loan is available here.