By Nora
Many adults think that kids aren't mature enough to read certain books. What they don't know is recent generations of kids are much, much more mature than they were when they were young. I would think that all kids above the age of 10, maybe even a bit younger, know about things they shouldn't know about yet. I'm sure adults these days will never understand that because they still believe their kids are "innocent."
I definitely still believe some books should be banned from certain grade levels, but they should NOT be banned from schools. Older grade levels (middle school) should be able to read whatever they want because I think that SOME of the kids in middle school these days are mature enough and understand almost everything high school students do. And some books on the list of banned books shouldn't even be considered being band because they're very good books for middle school students and they're not even that bad at all. Whoever decided to have banned book week is ridiculous because students should be free to read whatever they want if they feel they're mature enough to handle it. Parents shouldn't control what their kids read either.
Another reason I don't think books should be banned is because books have a great deal of information that kids can learn from even if they're not meant to be taught at schools or even supposed to teach you anything. Different people get different information out of books. Some people may not even learn anything, and some people might learn something that'd change their life. I know I've learned and enjoyed many books that are on the banned books list and it makes me mad they're banning them. Books like that definitely matured me a lot, and I'm sure the same would happen for other kids. I'm not sure why adults make such a big deal out of books that students would probably enjoy. Just because they might not like them doesn't mean younger people won't.
In my opinion, there shouldn't even be a banned book week. But when I'm an adult and all the adults that are alive now are dead, I might be able to delete it from existence. Then all good books will be able to live happily ever after.