Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Will wonders ever cease?

I was browsing through the internet a week or so ago and came across the following list. It is a list of books which dispirate people have challenged to have removed from various libraries and school curriculums. Some I found surprising, some not so much. Enjoy.

The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990 - 2000

100. Jump Ship To Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
88. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
77. Carrie by Stephen King
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (the first one I've actually read)
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
62. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
61. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Sons by Lynda Madaras
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (own it but haven't read it yet)
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
55. Cujo by Stephen King
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (read it)
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (read it)
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (read it)
40. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters by Lynda Madaras
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
38. Julie o fthe Wolves by Jean Craighead George
37. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
32. Blubber by Judy Blume (read it)
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
29. Anastasia Krupnik (series) by Lois Lowry
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
26. The Stupids (series) by Harry Allard
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
20. Earth's Children (series) by Jean M. Auel
19. Sex by Madonna
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
16. Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine
15. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (own it but not read)
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
11. Heather has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
10. Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
8. Forever by Judy Blume
7. Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling (read it)
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (read it)
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (read it)
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
2. Daddy`s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
1. Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz

Here is a Wikipedia article on banned books which provides information on many of the above listed books.

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