Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008


There were 513 challenges reported to the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2008. Listed below are the books with the most challenges and why:

  • And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group

  • Dark Materials Trilogy, by Philip Pullman. Reasons: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and violence

  • TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group

  • Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz. Reasons: occult/satanism, religious viewpoint, and violence

  • Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya. Reasons: occult/satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, and violence

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky. Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group

  • Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group

  • Uncle Bobby's Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen. Reasons: homosexuality and unsuited to age group

  • The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group

  • Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper. Reasons: sexually explicit and unsuited to age group

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