Shem the Penman
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This came up on a listserv I subscribe to, and I thought folks might think it of interest.
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ALA is co-sponsoring Banned Books Week Sept. 21-28 (more info at www.ala.org/bbooks/), and I thought you'd be interested in the top list of 2001. It reads like a who's who of YA books.
The following books were the most frequently challenged in 2001:
1. Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling, for its focus on wizardry and magic.
2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, for using offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
3. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (the "Most Challenged" fiction book of 1998), for using offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, for sexual content, racism, offensive language, violence and being unsuited to age group.
5. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene for racism, offensive language and being sexually explicit.
6. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger for offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
7. Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, for being sexually explicit, using offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
8. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous for being sexually explicit, for offensive language and drug use.
9. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, for offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
10. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause for being sexually explicit and unsuited to age group.
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ALA is co-sponsoring Banned Books Week Sept. 21-28 (more info at www.ala.org/bbooks/), and I thought you'd be interested in the top list of 2001. It reads like a who's who of YA books.
The following books were the most frequently challenged in 2001:
1. Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling, for its focus on wizardry and magic.
2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, for using offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
3. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (the "Most Challenged" fiction book of 1998), for using offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, for sexual content, racism, offensive language, violence and being unsuited to age group.
5. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene for racism, offensive language and being sexually explicit.
6. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger for offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
7. Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, for being sexually explicit, using offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
8. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous for being sexually explicit, for offensive language and drug use.
9. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, for offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
10. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause for being sexually explicit and unsuited to age group.