02 October 2009

Banned Books | 2008




Of the 513 challenges reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom in 2008, the top ten most challenged books were:

1. And Tango Makes Three (Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell)
Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group

2. His Dark Materials (Trilogy by Philip Pullman)
Reasons: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and violence

3. TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (Series by Lauren Myracle)
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group

4. Scary Stories (Series by Alvin Schwartz)
Reasons: occult/satanism, religious viewpoint, and violence

5. Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Reasons: occult/satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, and violence

6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group

7. Gossip Girl (Series by Cecily von Ziegesar)
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group

8. Uncle Bobby's Wedding (Sarah S. Brannen)
Reasons: homosexuality and unsuited to age group

9. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group

10. Flashcards of My Life (Charise Mericle Harper)
Reasons: sexually explicit and unsuited to age group

Source: American Library Association

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