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The Top 10 Most Challenged Books

March 20th 2007 00:25
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According to the American Library Association, the “10 Most Challenged Books of 2005” or in layman's terms, the books that were most complained about and that people wanted banned were:

* “It's Perfectly Normal” for homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age group;

* “Forever” by Judy Blume for sexual content and offensive language;

* “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger for sexual content, offensive language and being unsuited to age group;

* “The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier for sexual content and offensive language;

* “Whale Talk” by Chris Crutcher for racism and offensive language;

* “Detour for Emmy” by Marilyn Reynolds for sexual content;

* “What My Mother Doesn't Know” by Sonya Sones for sexual content and being unsuited to age group;

* Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey for anti-family content, being unsuited to age group and violence;

* “Crazy Lady!” by Jane Leslie Conly for offensive language; and

* “It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families” by Robie H. Harris for sex education and sexual content.

Off the list this year, but on for several years past, are the Alice series of books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.

I can't wait to see the updated version, I'm sure the new Harry Potter one due out later this year will again become a main contender as it has in the past.

How many of these books have you seen, read, owned?
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