Read a Banned?Frequently Challenged Book!
2011 Most frequently Challenged Books
1.ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Juv. M9975tt
Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
2.The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
(On order)
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
3.The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Juv. C7136
Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
4.My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
(On order)
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
5.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Juv. A387a
Reasons: offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
6.Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Juv. N333
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint
7.Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
PR6015.U9 B65 1999
Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
8.What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Juv. S 698w
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit
9.Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Juv. V9489w
Reasons: drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit
10.To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
PS 3562.E353 T6 1995
Reasons: offensive language; racism
For more information see http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged
