Out of 348 challenges as reported by the Office for Intellectual Freedom
- 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
Anyone shocked by any of them? Any you were expecting to see on the list from previous years that fell off? Talk to me, people. Has your town/school/library system ever gone through any kerfuffles over lovely, lovely books?
I don't think I need to tell you (again) how I feel about censorship. Or that a lot of these either just made my list or got bumped up (thanks, ignorant assholes!) I hope all of these authors see a spike in sales.
I'm proud to have read several and have one or two on my TBR.
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
Btw, thank you so so so so much for your concern :) *hugs* I needed that and it meant allot.
What religious viewpoints are in Twilight? Are they taking about the whole vampires don't/do have a souls?
ReplyDeleteThis list makes me want to buy every book on it that I don't have.
If it were possible I'd slip copies of these books into all the schools/libraries that banned them.
Religious and political viewpoints! *Viewpoints*! The nerve! The Audacity!
ReplyDeleteYeah, now I think I'll read some more of these books.
Whaaaat?! I'm flabbergasted that The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian has been challenged because it contains racism. I mean, if the book condoned racism, that's one thing. But it challenges the idea of privilege. That sort of thing needs to be shared because too few people even know what "privilege" means!
ReplyDeleteI can't even! *throws hands in the air*
- Jackie
I can't even! indeed, Jackie...
ReplyDeleteIt's not the first time its been banned/challenged, either. It gets it pretty frequently. And is SUCH a good book!
Definitely bumping up some of those on my list! Thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteThis list always breaks my heart. The Hunger Games? REALLY? OMG. And, um, I really don't get the Twilight "religious viewpoint" objection. Say whaaa?
ReplyDeleteGuess they didn't get an advanced copy of Bumped??? LOL
ReplyDeleteHeather
I just read the synopsis of A Tango Makes Three because it's one of the three books on this list I'm not really familiar with. The fact that it's getting banned just indicates how intolerant our society is, and that makes me really sad.
ReplyDeleteLiz, I made a point of reading And Tango Makes Three every year during the BBW readathon. It's a really cute NONFICTION story, and I don't think it's offensive at all. I don't know that it ever addresses homosexuality beyond saying "Tango is special: she has 2 daddies."
ReplyDeleteAnd the fact is, this isn't uncommon in the bird world.