2009 Banned Book Challenge

[mupt02]

Let's challenge ourselves to read some of the banned books.

Everyone can pick their own # of books that you want to read and the list that you want to use.  Please post the # and the list you are using in your post.

Here is one link to a list of banned books:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_books

[curlykit]

I absolutely LOVE banned books. Sometimes it's unbelievable the things people want to fight about. I'm going to read

A Brave New World

A Clockwork Orange

[camiam81]

I'm picking 3 from the wiki list. 

 

I read The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, I gave up on her other short stories after about 5 though.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

 

[ninipanini]

Also during the last week of September, usually, the American Library Association sponsors "Banned Book Week"  I know I'm shameless with my library plugs, aren't I?

They have all sorts of ideas & promos on their website to raise awareness of censorship, etc. 

Here's a list of books that have been frequently challenged (not banned yet):

And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group

The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Violence

Olive’s Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
Reasons: Sexually Explicit and Offensive Language

The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
Reasons: Religious Viewpoint

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Reasons: Racism

The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language,

TTYL, by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Reasons: Sexually Explicit

It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
Reasons: Sex Education, Sexually Explicit

The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

Happy reading rebellion ladies!

 

ninipanini

[amirise]

What a great challenge, count me in.

I'll read:

Not Without My Daughter

Age of Reason

Gone With The Wind

The Color Purple

[RedHead86]

"And Tago Makes Three" was a very interesting book to do research on. I had for a recent literature class wrote an essay explaining both view points of why and why not it should be allowed in schools.

[Tinks88]

I picked 12 to read.

[RedHead86]

I picked one to read, sorry I'm a returning student who is expecting any day.

"The Gulag Archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I'm a sucker for nonfiction

[RedHead86]

When you finish "Not without my Daughter" let me know what you thought. That maybe the next book I'll try.

This was intended to be a comment for Amirise.

[karenshell]

I'm aiming for 5 banned books.

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinback

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

[Lacey_NT]

I had no clue Gone With The Wind was a banned book. It's one of my absolute favorites!!!!!

Quoting amirise:

What a great challenge, count me in.

I'll read:

Not Without My Daughter

Age of Reason

Gone With The Wind

The Color Purple