Alicia Knight

The American Library Association Celebrates Reading Freedom with
Banned Book
Week: September 21- September 28th 2002

Here is a list of the top 100 most challenged books--Courtesy of the
American Library Association. Here is the web site:
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/


Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz

Daddys 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

Its Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris

Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine

A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Sex by Madonna

Earths Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LEngle

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 Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Whats 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

Whats Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents &
Sons by Lynda Madaras

Are You There, God? Its 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 Womens 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

Wheres 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

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In a message dated 9/24/02 4:29:26 PM, superdiva@... writes:

<< What s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents
&
Sons by Lynda Madaras >>

That's the one I got for my sons.
I feel better about it now! It's worth banning!

-=-Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya-=-

A book from and of New Mexico!

-=-Where s Waldo? by Martin Hanford-=-

Why did this make the list??

-=-Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene-=-

This is a sweet book. My sister and I read it aloud to each other when we
were teens, while driving my dad to west Texas to see his relatives. He had
arthritis bad, and was in the back seat mostly sleeping while she and I drove
his cadillac down THE longest straightest roads, but that story was in the
air and it made the hours and miles go by.

Sandra

Nancy Wooton

on 9/25/02 7:42 AM, SandraDodd@... at SandraDodd@... wrote:

> -=-Where s Waldo? by Martin Hanford-=-
>
> Why did this make the list??

If it included books banned by school libraries, then it might be because
it's fun and does not overtly encourage reading, but might encourage
socialization and giggling.

Nancy

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In a message dated 9/25/02 9:08:50 AM, ikonstitcher@... writes:

<< If it included books banned by school libraries, then it might be because
it's fun and does not overtly encourage reading, but might encourage
socialization and giggling. >>

And therefor SIN and sloth.

Okay then!

Nancy Wooton

Ooh, another cool website/article!

http://saltthesandbox.org/ChicagoParentArticle2.htm

Islands of Expertise

Why do children become such specialists?
***

The site's name, Salt the Sandbox, reminds me of Sandra's "monkey method" of
education <g>

Nancy

Betsy

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-=-Where s Waldo? by Martin Hanford-=-

Why did this make the list??**


We could get out a bunch of magnifying glasses and spend many happy
hours trying to spot the obscenity.

Just goofing,
Betsy