Banned Books week is September 25 to October 4, 2010
Banned Books Week was launched in response to a sudden surge in the the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a 1,000 books have been challenged since its inception in 1982.
People challenge books that they say are too sexual or too violent. They object to profanity and slang, offensive portrayals of racial or religious groups, or positive portrayals of homosexuals.
For some, a ban on a book just makes it more appealing. Here are some titles, you decide.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JR Rowling
People challenge books that they say are too sexual or too violent. They object to profanity and slang, offensive portrayals of racial or religious groups, or positive portrayals of homosexuals.
For some, a ban on a book just makes it more appealing. Here are some titles, you decide.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JR Rowling
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