ALA/ 100 Most Frequently Challenged Book of 1990-2000
i am unclear why exactly... i'm sure that i'll have to read up on it instead. but man, people can be stupid.
these books must go away, they address real life, real issues and make you think about age-old ignorances...
the ones i've read (which makes me think i should go out and read more, i'll refrain from snide comments):
1. scary stories (series) - alvin schwartz
2. i know why the caged bird sings - maya angelou
3. the adventures of huckleberry finn - mark twain
4. of mice and men - john steinbeck
5. harry potter (series) - j.k. rowling
6. forever - judy blume
7. bridge to terabithia - katherine paterson
8. the giver - lois lowry
9. earth's children - jean m. auel
10. a wrinkle in time - madeleine l'engle
11. the witches - roald dahl
12. the bluest eye - toni morrison
13. a light in the attic - shel silverstein
14. james and the giant peach - roald dahl
15. lord of the flies - william golding
16. sex education - jenny davis
and i don't think all the books on this list is valuable or anything like that. but there are quite a few that all. and once you start restricting some books... you're going down a slippery slope. much like that one we've already witnessed seeing happening with the media and the current administration.
giving people a choice to do and see things is kinda important.
after all, if god allowed people the freedom of choice... shouldn't people allow them (i pick this because it's usually the restrictive christian fundies that want to restrict such things). if you're doing the "right" thing because you don't have any other options... there's no real "victory" there, is there?