Banned Books Week, September 21-27
U.S. The Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2013 reflects a range of themes and consists of the following titles:
- “Captain Underpants” (series), by Dav Pilkey.
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence - “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence - “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” by Sherman Alexie.|
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group - “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E. L. James.
Reasons: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group - “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group - “A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl,” by Tanya Lee Stone
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit - “Looking for Alaska,” by John Green.
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group - “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group - “Bless Me Ultima,” by Rudolfo Anaya
Reasons: Occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit - “Bone” (series), by Jeff Smith
Reasons: Political viewpoint, racism, violence
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association of American Publishers; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Freedom to Read Foundation, National Association of College Stores, National Coalition Against Censorship, National Council of Teachers of English, PEN American Center, People For the American Way and Project Censored. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
For more information on Banned Books Week, book challenges and censorship, please visit the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom’s Banned Books website orbannedbooksweek.org.
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John Vaughan Library Tahlequah - Broken Arrow Library - Muskogee Library
John Vaughan Library Tahlequah - Broken Arrow Library - Muskogee Library
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