September 28, 2004

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    Challenged and Banned Books



     Berlin, May 10, 1933.


    The following books were the most frequently challenged in 2003:



    1. Alice series, for sexual content, using offensive language, and being unsuited to age group.
    2. Harry Potter series, for its focus on wizardry and magic.
    3. "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, for using offensive language.
    4. "Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture" by Michael A. Bellesiles, for inaccuracy.
    5. "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers, for racism, sexual content, offensive language, drugs and violence.
    6. "Go Ask Alice" by Anonymous, for drugs.
    7. "It's Perfectly Normal" by Robie Harris, for homosexuality, nudity, sexual content and sex education.
    8. "We All Fall Down" by Robert Cormier, for offensive language and sexual content.
    9. "King and King" by Linda de Haan, for homosexuality.
    10. "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson, for offensive language and occult/satanism.

    As compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association.


    From LibraryPrincess


     

Comments (4)

  • words... the things we should fear more than atomic weapons.... words can change the universe... words can kill a generation... words are deadly... yet we don't know how to fear them, how to restrain them, how to use them safely... so we ban them... how effective is that? the only thing that pawns words is words...

  • i read go ask alice.. its a sad book but educational..

  • its ok, he already knows the size of the bean bag.. and it just nice fits the space that he intend for it

  • I say if we just have to ban something, let's make it Dickens' "Great Expectations." That book made the 9th grade a living hell.

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