[bksvol-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
- From: "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bookshare Volunteers <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:06:35 -0400
The ten most banned books of 2009 are listed as:
**NOT IN THE COLLECTION
1. *ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r* (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: drugs, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to
age group
*IN THE COLLECTION
2. *And Tango Makes Three,* by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: homosexuality
*IN THE COLLECTION
3. *The Perks of Being A Wallflower*, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: anti-family, drugs, homosexuality, offensive language, religious
viewpoint, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group
*IN THE COLLECTION
4. *To Kill A Mockingbird*, by Harper Lee
Reasons: offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group
*IN THE COLLECTION
5. *Twilight* (series) by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* IN THE COLLECTION
6. *Catcher in the Rye*, by J.D. Salinger
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
*IN THE COLLECTION
7. *My Sister’s Keeper,* by Jodi Picoult
Reasons: homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexism,
sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence
*IN THE COLLECTION
8. *The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things,* by Carolyn Mackler
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
*IN THE COLLECTION
9. *The Color Purple, *by Alice Walker
Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
*IN THE COLLECTION
10. *The Chocolate War*, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age
group
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