Book Board Chat

The ALA Kicks Off Banned Book Week
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This year, Banned Books Week kicked off on Sept. 24 and will wrap up on Saturday, Oct. 1.
According to the American Library Association, the following books are last year's most challenged titles on book store shelves and in library catalogs:

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 edited by Amy Sonnie. Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit

10. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Reasons: Religious Viewpoint, Violence

For more information about Banned Books Week, check out the ALA’s website
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpps/news/ala-kicks-off-banned-book-week-dpgoh-20110926-fc_15194614#ixzz1Z4uzrKGi