Don't Read This!
Sept. 30th - Oct. 6th is Banned Books Week which is sponsored by American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. Banned Books Week draws attention to censorships efforts by listing titles that are frequently challenged in public and secondary school libraries.
The Top Ten Challenged Books list is released by ALA OIF each spring. See the most frequently challenged titles and the reasons listed below.
ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Reasons: Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
The Hunger Games (series), by Suzanne CollinsReasons: Anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
My Mom is having a baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy,” by Dori Hillestad Butler Reasons: Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” by Sherman Alexie Reasons: Offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: Nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint
“Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: Insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
“What My Mother Doesn’t Know,” by Sonya Sones
Reasons: Nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit
Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: Drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper LeeReasons: Offensive language; racism
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