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The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books
    #5715026 - 06/05/06 01:32 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

This is from ALA (American Library Association) . I will bold the ones that I can't find a reason why in the hell they are on this list.

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
19. Sex by Madonna
20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
32. Blubber by Judy Blume
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
61. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
77. Carrie by Stephen King
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern
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88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford


(Yes, this is the book where you search for that guy in the red and white stripes)
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

By chalanged it means people trying to get it off the bookshelves of libraries. The ones I bolded are the ones I read that I can't even fathom why they were challanged.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Stonerguy]
    #5715035 - 06/05/06 01:35 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

where's waldo is pretty racy, I dont know if kids should be reading that smut

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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Stonerguy]
    #5715037 - 06/05/06 01:36 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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This is from ALA (American Library Association) . I will bold the ones that I can't find a reason why in the hell they are on this list.

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain





Two words: Nigger Jim. Idiots who argue racism in this book don't understand that naming him Nigger Jim is central to the point Twain is trying to make about race. Nigger Jim is the wisest character in the novel.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #5715042 - 06/05/06 01:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

the whole entire book your pretty much just trying to find waldo, so it's kind of like one big question. im suprised the bible isnt in there though.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: KidgardFromSRQ]
    #5715064 - 06/05/06 01:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Yeah if anything, there should be myriad of religious text(s) on that list.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: KidgardFromSRQ]
    #5715072 - 06/05/06 01:46 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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the whole entire book your pretty much just trying to find waldo, so it's kind of like one big question. im suprised the bible isnt in there though.




the bible should be in the top ten, maybe mothers didnt want their children
feeling inadequate or stupid because they couldnt find waldo

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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #5715090 - 06/05/06 01:50 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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the bible should be in the top ten, maybe mothers didnt want their children
feeling inadequate or stupid because they couldnt find waldo




:lolz0rz:


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Stonerguy]
    #5715107 - 06/05/06 01:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Where is Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler on that list?


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Herbus]
    #5715112 - 06/05/06 01:55 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I heard about a priest in Massachusetts that held Harry Potter book burning parties, until he was stopped because he was violating the towns ordinance on burning things. Now he holds Harry Potter shredding parties.

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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Stonerguy]
    #5715199 - 06/05/06 02:13 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I love Scary Stories to Tell In te Dark. Those books creeped me out when I was younger, but I loved them.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: CaRnAgECaNdY]
    #5715248 - 06/05/06 02:23 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Half of those i remember checking out from my school library in middle school.... I am surprised Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain isnt on that list.... I checked it out in HS and was entirely surprised they even had it on the shelfs at a public school library.... to this day it's one of my favorite books


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Stonerguy]
    #5715481 - 06/05/06 03:18 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Goosebumps!?!!!!!!!!  :smirk:


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Stonerguy]
    #5716090 - 06/05/06 06:21 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Several of those are on the list because people are afraid of the word "nigger".


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Konnrade]
    #5716860 - 06/05/06 09:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Nigger is not in the Goosebump series.  :smirk:


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
    #5717032 - 06/05/06 10:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

wow

i hate whoever made that list, stupid cuntwats

i'm sure they're the same people who write letters to the editor about the comix page


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Pat Bateman, VP]
    #5717129 - 06/05/06 10:14 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz

I enjoyed these books tremendously as a kid... No wonder I'm so fucked up and love psychedelics. Do you guys remember the drawings in those books? Creepy shite.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Wysefool]
    #5717144 - 06/05/06 10:18 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I loved those books. My teacher began reading us stories and I was hooked. The art was cool too.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
    #5717225 - 06/05/06 10:42 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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This is from ALA (American Library Association) . I will bold the ones that I can't find a reason why in the hell they are on this list.

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain





Two words: Nigger Jim. Idiots who argue racism in this book don't understand that naming him Nigger Jim is central to the point Twain is trying to make about race. Nigger Jim is the wisest character in the novel.



Seriously. I hate the idiots who try to paint Mark Twain as a racist, when he was one of the most anti-racist people of his time.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Silversoul]
    #5717245 - 06/05/06 10:49 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Stonerguy said:
This is from ALA (American Library Association) . I will bold the ones that I can't find a reason why in the hell they are on this list.

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain





Two words: Nigger Jim. Idiots who argue racism in this book don't understand that naming him Nigger Jim is central to the point Twain is trying to make about race. Nigger Jim is the wisest character in the novel.



Seriously. I hate the idiots who try to paint Mark Twain as a racist, when he was one of the most anti-racist people of his time.




Well, it's hard to realize that when you haven't read the book.

People hear somebody else mention that characters in the book call someone a nigger and all they can think is "oh my! This must be a terrible book"

The less informed people are about something, the more fervent they are about the judgements they make about it.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Konnrade]
    #5717542 - 06/06/06 12:22 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

What about "I know why the caged bird sings"? or "James and the Giant Peach"?

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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: domite]
    #5717567 - 06/06/06 12:31 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

well, in James and the Giant Peach, there are some things that paranoid people would interpret as encouraging disrespect towards authority, I.E. the fact that the whole book is about defying and getting away from the incompetent guardians of James.

Now, that negative assessment of a rather good book seems moronic to most of us, but to people who haven't read it and happen to be very stupid, it seems reasonable. Why? because they are stupid and haven't read the book.


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Re: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books [Re: Wysefool]
    #5717670 - 06/06/06 01:05 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Those stories were phenomenal. This picture always scared the shit out of me:

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