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GeezerVison is showing help.archive.org — Most challenged books since 2010 – Internet Archive Help Center The American Library Association condemns censorship and works to ensure free access to information. Every year, the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based on information from media stories and voluntary reports sent to OIF from communities across the U.S. More information on this subject can be read through this post by ALA. You may also be interested in our Banned Books collection. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin Reasons: challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, for “its effect on any young people who would read it,” and for concerns that it was sexually explicit and biased The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity and for “vulgarity and sexual overtones” And Tango Makes Three written by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson and illustrated by Henry Cole Reason: Challenged and relocated for LGBTQIA+ content Skippyjon Jones series written and illustrated by Judy Schachner Reason: challenged for depicting stereotypes of Mexican culture The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini This critically acclaimed, multigenerational novel was challenged and banned because it includes sexual violence and was thought to “lead to terrorism” and “promote Islam.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon Reasons: offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other (“profanity and atheism”) Reasons: violence and other (“graphic images”) Reasons: nudity, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, by Jeanette Winter Reasons: religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and violence Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi Reasons: gambling, offensive language, political viewpoint. Additional reasons: “politically, racially, and socially offensive,” “graphic depictions” The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “contains controversial issues” The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “date rape and masturbation” Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya Reasons: occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit Reason: political viewpoint, racism, violence Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz Reasons: unsuited for age group, violence The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle Reasons: offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa Reasons: nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, insensitivity, offensive language, occult/satanic, violence My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler Reasons: nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley Reasons: insensitivity, nudity, racism, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit Reasons: religious viewpoint, violence Reasons: offensive language and sexually explicit It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health, by Robie H. Harris Reasons: abortion, homosexuality, nudity, religious viewpoint, sex education, unsuited to age group Reasons: religious viewpoint Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich Reasons: drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie Reasons: homosexuality, sexually explicit Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones Reasons: sexual content, being unsuited to age group |
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