Monday, April 18, 2011

Gay penguins are okay with me: banned and challenged books of 2010

Something with which to supplement your reading lists (click the link to the full article to fully grasp the ridiculousness):

The ALA's top 10 most frequently challenged books of 2010
Source: The Guardian, 12 April 2011

1. And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: Homosexuality, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group

2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence

3. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: Insensitivity, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit

4. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: Drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit

5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence

6. Lush by Natasha Friend
Reasons: Drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

7. What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Reasons: Sexism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

8. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Reasons: Drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint

9. Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology edited by Amy Sonnie
Reasons: Homosexuality, sexually explicit

10. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: Religious viewpoint, violence

I pretty much love numbers two, three, five, and eight. I've also reserved And Tango Makes Three at my local library, and will be reviewing it on this blog when it comes in.

So what about you? Did any of your favorites make the list?

(And can someone please explain to me in the comments how The Hunger Games is sexually explicit? I could have sworn there was no sex in that book. Just kids killing each other.)

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