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Right to Read Escape Room

Jessica Rugani (CH)

Created on September 19, 2025

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Transcript

Can You Escape the Censorship?

Right to Read Escape room

START

Introduction

Explore the house

Inventory

01

Which was the most challenged book of 2024?

All Boys Aren't Blue

The Bluest Eye

Looking for Alaska

02

Which is NOT a frequent cause for book challenges?

LGBTQIA+ characters

Conspiracy Theories

Issues of race, equity, or social justice

03

Which Supreme Court case ruled that school officials cannot ban books in libraries simply because of their content?

Mothers of Liberty v. ALA

Trick question--Book censorship has never made it to the Supreme Court

Island Trees School Districe v. Pico

04

What is a book challenge?

When a person/group objects to materials and seeks to have them removed

When materials are removed after being objected by a person/group

When a book is really hard to read

Oh no! Big Brother got you!

Find the key to continue

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

01

Who authored the historically challenged book 1984?

George Orwell

Aldous Huxley

Ray Bradbury

Margaret Atwood

02

Which of the following is NOT one of the top 3 reasons given for challenging a book?

The book was sexually explicit

The book was poorly written

The book was unsuited for the age group

The book contained offensive language

03

Which of the following graphic novels have NOT been subject to challenges?

This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Maus by Art Speigelman

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

04

How many unique titles were challenged in 2024?

2452

242

1042

12

You found a secret message

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Remember these notes and play them on the piano in the correct order

01

...Keep playing

02

...One more

03

Start over...

You found a new item for your inventory

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

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Use the magnifying glass to search for the code and then insert it into the typewriter

224

Enter the secret code

Code

Which group challenges materials most frequently?

01

Parents

Outside organizations

School officials

How many attempts were there to restrict how many books in California in 2024?

02

12 attempts to restrict 25 titles

26 attempts to restrict 81 titles

31 attempts to restrict 14 titles

Why do we celebrate Right to Read Week (formerly Banned Books Week)?

03

To celebrate and recognize everyone's freedom to read

To annoy busybodies

To stick it to the man

A briefcase has appeared...

It's locked...look in the inventory for something to open it

Congratulations

You have recovered all of your library checkouts! The mysterious figure got away, but you can rest assured that your right to read remains intact!

Are you sure you want to exit?

You will lose all progress made so far...

Back

Exit

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