[bksvol-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
- From: "Melissa Green" <graduate56@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:00:02 -0600
I was surprised to see Charlottes web and of mice and men on that list.
Blessings!
Melissa Green
"Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is
often more important than the outcome."
(Arthur Ashe,
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From: Alyssa
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:20 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
Shelley, I completely agree. It really surprised me to seee To Kill a
Mockingbird on that list. I read that my Freshmen year of high school. I didn't
see anything wrong with it. I think portraying race is one thing. To me, that
is acceptable to show how things were, but it in no way is an indication of how
things are now.
-Alyssa
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:14 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
I can imagine the first one would be hard, smile. But still a good set of
books.
Smile.
I had to smile about To Kill a Mocking Bird on the list, I mean, this book is
considered a classic because of its portrayal of fairly accurate racism, smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
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does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
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From: Jamie Yates, CPhT
To: Bookshare Volunteers
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:06 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Banned Books Week
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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