It's Banned Books Week, so I thought I'd share some fun lists/facts.
The most banned and/or challenged books of 2012 in the USA:
Nudity, Sex Education, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group
Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Nudity, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Offensive Language, Racism
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Anti-Ethnic, Anti-Family, Occult/Satanic, Insensitivity, Offensive Language, Violence
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Insensitivity, Nudity, Racism, Religious Viewpoint, Sexually Explicit
Gossip Girl by Cecily Van Ziegesar
Drugs, Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Offensive Language, Racism, Sexually Explicit, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group
My Mom's Having a Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide by Dori Hillestad Butler
Nudity, Sex Education, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group
ttyl, ttyn, l8r, g8r (Internet Series) by Lauren Myracle
Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to age group
...I think insensitivity is the most questionable term out of all the reasons for ban/challenge. Also, does anyone else think these reasons are sometimes exaggerated? --I think so, but that's based off the other banned books I've read. I've only actually read a few of the books on this list. I'm very curious about The Color of Earth and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
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