Top Ten Challenged Books of 2017
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... The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" top the American Library Association's list of "challenged" books from 2017. ... 'And Tango Makes Three'
Of the 416 books challenged or banned in 2017, the Top 10 Most Challenged Books are Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher Originally published in 2007, this New York Times bestseller has resurfaced as a controversial book after Netflix aired a TV series by the same name.
... Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower from the ... about the book’s depiction ... book has been frequently challenged because ...
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 Ten Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools.
What’s more, all of the literary works that fall in the canon of banned books are generally speaking very well written; one only needs to look as far as Orwell’s 1984, Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, or Huxley’s Brave New World to see that this is the case.
Some students were restricted from exploring “the Great Perhaps.” John Green’s 'Looking for Alaska' ranked No. 6 on the ALA’s Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2016.
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Even in Germany owning Mein Kampf has been allowed: Printing and public distribution of Hitler's book Mein Kampf was not allowed by the copyright holder, the state of Bavaria, which acquired the copyright after Hitler's death in 1945 since it was the location of his official residence.
J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series is credited with invigorating an entire generation of young readers. Its tales of sorcery have also made it the target of charges of being anti-religious, making it the number one most-challenged book series of the 21st Century.
Bullies abound in Judy Blume's Blubber and on our top ten list of the best bullies in literature. Banned #43 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books : 2000 ... 2017 ...
Of the 416 books challenged or banned in 2017, the Top 10 Most Challenged Books are: Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher Originally published in 2007, this New York Times bestseller has resurfaced as a controversial book after Netflix aired a TV series by the same name.
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 Ten Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret is a 1970 book by Judy Blume, typically categorized as a young adult novel, about a sixth-grade girl who has grown up without a religious affiliation, due to her parents' interfaith marriage. The novel explores her quest for a single religion.
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know What My Mother Doesn't Know (2001) is a novel in verse by Sonya Sones. The free verse novel follows ninth-grader Sophie Stein as she struggles through the daily grind of being a freshman in high school, her romantic crushes and family life.
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When D.H. Lawrence published his salacious 1928 novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, English officials declared it “forever banned” in that country. More than three decades later, on Nov. 2, 1960, a court proved the declaration false by removing the ban. By then, however, the book had by then lost much of its oomph.
Now a modern classic, the children’s book “Heather Has Two Mommies” is the perfect Mother’s Day book, times two. “When the book first came out, we didn’t think it was going to become what it became,” its author, Lesléa Newman, explained by phone from Massachusetts.
Olive’s Ocean. by Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books, 2003. 217 pages. If you’ve visited your local library or bookstore this week, you may have seen a display commemorating Banned Books Week.
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King, or King Regnant is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen regnant, while the title of queen on its own usually refers to the consort of a king. In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the title may refer to tribal kingship.
Five of Judy Blume’s books are on the list of The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990 to 1999: Forever (7), Blubber (30), Deenie (42), Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (60), and Tiger Eyes (89).
Banned Books 2017 – MAY READ – Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story From Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter Published May 29, 2017 by bibliobeth
We All Fall Down is a frequently challenged book about a group of teenagers who break into a house, vandalize it, and physically attack the young teenage girl walks in on the criminal activity. The violence is horrible, vicious and very real.
A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl is the first novel by Tanya Lee Stone and written in a poetry-format. It follows the story of three girls who fall for the same bad boy intent on seducing every girl in school.