“Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010”
Have you read any of the most challenged Books of 2010? What are your thoughts on the controversies?
- “And Tango Makes Three,” by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group - “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 - “Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity, offensive language, racism, and sexually explicit - “Crank,” by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, and sexually explicit - “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence - “Lush,” by Natasha Friend
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group - “What My Mother Doesn’t Know,” by Sonya Sones
Reasons: sexism, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group - “Nickel and Dimed,” by Barbara Ehrenreich
Reasons: drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, and religious viewpoint - “Revolutionary Voices,” edited by Amy Sonnie
Reasons: homosexuality and sexually explicit - “Twilight,” by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: religious viewpoint and violence
Source: http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/book-banning-coming-library-near-you
