| Banned Books |
[Sep. 28th, 2005|07:44 pm] |
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Seriously, why are some of these banned books?
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
oosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Goats by Brock Cole
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Fade by Robert Cormier
Guess What? by Mem Fox
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Jack by A.M. Homes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
Carrie by Stephen King
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
Well shit, if the Sleeping Beauty trilogy is on the Banned Books list, and it's Banned Books week, I better get my ass to a bookstore ;)
I suck at life.
~Spunky |
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Well most of the banned books contain sensitive issues (Racism, Witchcraft etc) but Where's Waldo/Wally (it's Wally here)...that's a banned book? What the?
I read somewhere that there's a woman laying on the beach with a bikini bottom - without the top - on the cover, or something. It's all very stupid if you ask me *sigh*
The Mark Twain's are banned because of potential racism (the characters use the n-word several times). Anyone who's actually studied the books would disagree and say that they are far from racist, but everyone is entitled to their opinions.
The Catcher in the Rye and Flowers for Algernon are banned because of sexual content. Flowers for Algernon, in my personal opinion, is most definitely not meant for anyone younger than 15. I would not include it in a middle school library, but I wouldn't ban it either. I read it when I was 11 or 12, so I feel particularly justified in voicing that opinion. Though everyone's different.
Guh, I read the list yesterday... I hate the banning books thing going on. Even the sexual education books, I mean, why should they be banned? Some people would be better off reading one of those if you ask me *shrug* Just my opinion
The Catcher In the Rye is my favorite book. My father gave it to me to read when I was in high school - when I looked at the title I remember thinking, "OMG, this is going to be a big snooze." But it was fantastic.
A few months later, in English class, we were given permission slips for our parents to sign in order to read Catcher In the Rye. I couldn't believe it. My parents were stunned.
Why any of these books are on a "banned" list is just absolutely wrong.
I knew that many of those books were 'banned', however seeing Judy Blume and Roald Dahl (no, that is not where my screen name came from) on the list kind of shocked me. I read those books as a child, and read them to my daughter (or suggested she read them) as well.
Wow. So how many people have to be offended before a book is banned? Or is it just groups who scream loudly (*cough* certain religious organizations *cough*)? | |
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