{"id":140,"date":"2011-09-10T13:01:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T13:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slisgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/?p=140"},"modified":"2017-08-22T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T22:56:50","slug":"top-10-most-challenged-books-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/top-10-most-challenged-books-of-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you read any of the most challenged Books of 2010? What are your thoughts on the controversies?<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cAnd Tango Makes Three<\/span>,\u201d by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
    \nReasons<\/span>: homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age\u00a0group<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/span>,\u201d by Sherman Alexie
    \nReasons<\/span>: offensive language, racism, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and\u00a0violence<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cBrave New World<\/span>,\u201d by Aldous Huxley
    \nReasons<\/span>: insensitivity, offensive language, racism, and sexually\u00a0explicit<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cCrank,<\/span>\u201d by Ellen Hopkins
    \nReasons<\/span>: drugs, offensive language,\u00a0and sexually\u00a0explicit<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cThe Hunger Games<\/span>,\u201d by Suzanne Collins
    \nReasons<\/span>: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and\u00a0violence<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cLush<\/span>,\u201d by Natasha Friend
    \nReasons<\/span>: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age\u00a0group<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cWhat My Mother Doesn’t Know<\/span>,\u201d by Sonya Sones
    \nReasons<\/span>: sexism, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age\u00a0group<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cNickel and Dimed<\/span>,\u201d by Barbara Ehrenreich
    \nReasons<\/span>: drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, and religious\u00a0viewpoint<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cRevolutionary Voices<\/span>,\u201d edited by Amy Sonnie
    \nReasons<\/span>: \u00a0homosexuality and sexually\u00a0explicit<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cTwilight,<\/span>\u201d by Stephenie Meyer
    \nReasons<\/span>: religious viewpoint and\u00a0violence<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Source: http:\/\/www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org\/news\/ala\/book-banning-coming-library-near-you<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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