Title: The Process Behind Banning Books – Crimson Times
Headings: The Process Behind Banning Books
The Process Behind Banning Books
All challenges that came Northgate’s way were defeated

Content: Northgate High School is no exception to having guidelines about what students can and cannot read. Schools across the nation ban different books for different reasons. Butler University says, “The most common reasons for banning books are: racial issues, encouragement of “unpleasant” activity, blasphemous dialogue, sexual situations or dialogue, violence or negativity, presence of witchcraft, unpopular beliefs, political bias, and age inappropriate material.” Schools have banned the following books such as: the Harry Potter Series (books one through eight), Looking for Alaska, The Outsiders, and several others for the previously mentioned reasons. Books that many people consider classics, or even powerful books of generations, are banned across the nation. Northgate High School does not house any banned books in their library or school premises. Northgate does ,however, have two officially challenged books, Walking Across Egypt and Death of a Salesman. The school chooses to not buy and distribute books that would, or possibly could, be banned or challenged.