Friday, October 2, 2009

Banned Book Week 2009: Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged

As we continue to celebrate Banned Book Week 2009, we thought that we would provide you with some of the titles and authors of the most frequently challenged and banned books. The American Library Association (ALA) keeps track of challenges and banned year and have information relating to previous year's most frequently challenged books available on their website.

  1. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
  2. His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
  3. TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle
  4. Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz
  5. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
  6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  7. Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar
  8. Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen
  9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  10. Flashcards of My Life by Charise Mericle Harper

The Hewes Library Banned Book Week materials will remain on display in the East Lobby display cases for the next few weeks. Items are available to checkout and any member of the staff can assist you.

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