“Banned Books Week is an awareness of intellectual freedoms to read and think freely,” said Michelle Stuerman, a librarian at FHN. “I like to think of it as a celebration to think freely.”

At FHN, Banned Books Week is celebrated every year. The official start of Banned Books Week is September 24, and ends on October 1. This year, FHN’s library started the program on Monday, and it will end on Friday.

“The main purpose is to raise awareness about our freedom to read,” said Stuerman.

Many students think that the Banned Books week raises awareness for the need to allow students to read all types of literature. To them, some books may be incendiary, but they are important to society none-the-less, so they shouldn’t be banned.

“It doesn’t do anyone any favors to hide them from the truth,” senior Emma Nicolli said. “Some of the greatest literature isn’t always the most super-coated.”

Angie Gunnell, one of the librarians at FHN, chose 10 books to form five trivia questions out of, one for every day of the school week. Each day, the question of the day is announced, and anyone who thinks they know they answer can turn in a slip of paper with their name and answer on it to the library by the end of the day. If you have the correct answer, you win a prize.

“I think we’ve been getting about 8 to 10 entries each day. We’d like to see more. Each day the prize is a bag of candy. The grand prize on Friday is a surprise,” said Stuerman.

“It doesn’t do anyone any favors to hide them from the truth, some of the greatest literature isn’t always the most super-coated.