Tuesday, April 12, 2011

National Library Week

In celebration of National Library Week, the American Library Association has released the top ten most challenged books. Here is the list and I would love to hear your thoughts. Is there one that you think that should have been included or do you think one of these should not have been included?

1.And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group

2.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: offensive language, racism, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence

3.Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity, offensive language, racism, and sexually explicit

4.Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, and sexually explicit

5.The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence

6.Lush, by Natasha Friend
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group

7.What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: sexism, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group

8.Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Reasons: drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, and religious viewpoint

9.Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie
Reasons: homosexuality and sexually explicit

10.Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: religious viewpoint and violence

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