Banning The Book 'A Wrinkle In Time'

"A Wrinkle In Time"

Do you know of any banned, or challenged books. I know of one that is called “ A Wrinkle In Time”. This book has been challenged much more than most books have been. The author of this book is Madeleine L’engle. My opinion of the banning of this book is that the book should not be banned. The reasons that many people challenged this book are for religion, the use of time travel accused of being a form of witchcraft, and last of all because of the use of profanity.

The first reason that “A Wrinkle In Time” was banned is because of religion. The book was accused of using the name Jesus with other artist, philosophers, scientists, and religious leaders who help defend the earth against evil. A school in Alabama felt that it was just too religious to read to the students. So that school in Alabama challenged the book and the book was banned. This school in Alabama is one of the few times that this book has been challenged. That is the first reason why my book was challenged …show more content…
Some people viewed the use of time travel in the book as a form of witchcraft as the school staff in Alabama did. The book uses time travel to go into another dimension where Meg’s dad is lost. Schools thought that the use of witchcraft was to explicit to read to the young middle school students. That is the second reason why my book was