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The 10 most challenged titles were:
And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint,
and unsuited to age group
His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman
Reasons: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and violence
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TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age
group
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Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: occult/satanism, religious viewpoint, and violence
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Reasons: occult/satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint,
sexually explicit, and violence
![](http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/Perks%20Of%20Being%20A%20Wallflower.jpg)
Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually
explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group
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Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age
group
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Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen
Reasons: homosexuality and unsuited to age group
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The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group
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Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper
Reasons: sexually explicit and unsuited to age group
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When I hear that they're the most challenged, why do I suddenly really really want to read them? hehe
ReplyDeleteI have an award for you here, Mary:
http://notinthepink.blogspot.com/2009/09/awards-galore.html
:)
Thank you for acknowledging banned books week!!!
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Dani
Yikes! "Homosexuality" is something to be banned? i thought we got over this difference thing with Martin Luther King, Jr. Haven't we all learned that a human is a human is a human no matter the things we don't have in common?
ReplyDeleteI can't even go into detail about the rest of it. It's too painful!