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| tericee |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 12:41:47 PM
Take some time to read a banned book this week!
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
Here is a list of the 100 most challenged books:
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Dieby Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Goats by Brock Cole
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Fade by Robert Cormier
Guess What? by Mem Fox
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Jack by A.M. Homes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
Carrie by Stephen King
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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| tericee |
Posted - 10/09/2003 : 10:46:30 AM
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Originally posted by LoveToday
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Originally posted by LoveTodayConformity sucks. (Almost as bad as the RedSox)
Go Sox
While I wouldn't want to punch anybody in the face, I do agree with the "Go Sox" sentiment! I'm also rooting for the Cubs...
If we end up with a Yankees/Marlins World Series I will be VERY annoyed.
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| LoveToday |
Posted - 10/09/2003 : 08:06:11 AM
quote:
Originally posted by LoveTodayConformity sucks. (Almost as bad as the RedSox)
I take that back. heeheehee
Make the world a better place.....
Punch a Yankees Fan right in the face.
Go Sox |
| GRock |
Posted - 10/03/2003 : 11:09:11 AM
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Originally posted by LoveToday
like another book I can't remember the name of right now.
ha are you talking about the book of mormon?!? (i just kidding) cuz it couldn't be the bible?! last i checked the bible is all for the pursuit of knowledge and learning. it is one of the biggest themes, (next to that hippie guy that shows up toward the end  ). some people (pastors and religious people included) want to twist it and use the bible to oppress people and make it seem like science is in a battle with religion but surprisingly large amount of scripture matches up with scientific evidence and knowledge and all that we know and read of love.
i'm not trying to start a debate about how right the bible is (cuz we've done that before) but to just dispell a misconception that the bible teaches us to be ignorant. it teaches knowledge cuz if god created all this we can learn a lot about him by studying all he has done. we are commanded to grow in knowledge many times in there. word.
quote:
Originally posted by LoveToday
Conformity sucks. (Almost as bad as the RedSox)
Agreed. |
| LoveToday |
Posted - 10/03/2003 : 08:37:06 AM
My daughter (age 12) reads everything she can get her hands on. She has read quite a few of the books on that list along with coutnless magazines, street signs, and cereal boxes. What happened to Knowledge=power? Are they trying to force kids to spend more TIMe on the computer? Or in front of boobtubes? Or on the streets maybe? I will never ban her from reading anything. She is smarter than me now anyway and she would laugh if I tried to tell her what to read. How will our children ever rule the world if they are constantly looking to the bible belters for permission to expand their minds? Just because you don't find these books in every skanky motel room in America, (like another book I can't remember the name of right now...)doesn't mean they are not worth reading. Conformity sucks. (Almost as bad as the RedSox) |
| GRock |
Posted - 10/02/2003 : 2:17:11 PM
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Originally posted by Miss Sorrel
Thank you for posting this though! It's reminding me that there were a few more of these that I wanted to read! I was just reading a Brave New World again to give my mind a break.... And I still have a hard time facing that Holden Caulfield isn't a real person, and I can't have a crush on him!
BNW was my favorite book back in High School. Right on!! |
| Miss Sorrel |
Posted - 10/02/2003 : 08:24:27 AM
I had a teacher in high school who only assigned banned books. It was so clever... it made us feel like we were bad reading!
Thank you for posting this though! It's reminding me that there were a few more of these that I wanted to read! I was just reading a Brave New World again to give my mind a break.... And I still have a hard time facing that Holden Caulfield isn't a real person, and I can't have a crush on him! |
| Arthen |
Posted - 10/01/2003 : 3:52:45 PM
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Originally posted by GRock
...germany burned all the bibles in the country in WW2.
Along with other books. |
| GRock |
Posted - 10/01/2003 : 12:29:47 PM
yeah it is rediculous. people can be such a-holes when they disagree. that couple is just sad what they did. regardless of political views (i happen to not be voting for Dennis Kucinich) that behaviour is anti-social and uncalled for.
i think some peraphanelia needs to be prefaced for our youngsters but otherwise banning stuff is rediculous. i'm surprised i don't see the bible on that list. outside of america it has been one of the most hated books in the world. in china and some middle eastern countries you can be executed on the spot for just possesing one. germany burned all the bibles in the country in WW2. |
| Arthen |
Posted - 09/26/2003 : 03:18:12 AM
I definitely don't agree with what those people did, but actions like those of the couple's aren't restricted to coversatively minded people. Around the town I live in, I've watched people tear down signs for McClintock (the Republican candidate in CA's Governor Race) and for Bush. That's just an action of people in general.
But generally speaking the book banning is a conservative thing, and that most definitely disgusts me.  |
| Fluffy |
Posted - 09/26/2003 : 12:08:55 AM
Given dickmountjoy's comment above this seems like the perfect place to post this. I had been wondering where it fit in on the board and this seems like the perfect place.
In Annapolis at the Rams Head Tavern, the club sells merch for the artist. So I counted in our merch with them and left all the Dennis Kucinich material for "FREE" distribution to interested parties. Well when I went to cash out with them the seller told me a funny story.
During the course of the evening, there was couple who kept stopping by and picking up more bumperstickers and buttons. After about their 4th trip they just picked up the whole stack of stickers. This made the seller suspicious so she followed them out the door. Turns out they were picking them up and walking right outside and distributing them into a trash can. Some people are just so scared of letting others hear opposing viewpoints they would go to such lengths to silence the opposition. HOW CHILDISH!!!
dick mountjoy: quote:
Hooray for Conservatism. Lets just hide everything from everyone instead of letting them absorb it and make their own judgements. Yippy.
PS:The seller rescued all the material from the trashcan and it was FREELY DISTRIBUTED the rest of the nite. On another note, I was just in Barnes and Noble with TR about an hour ago and saw a table of "Banned Books", I had no idea why until I saw this post. LOL |
| dick mountjoy |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 7:53:57 PM
Hooray for Conservatism. Lets just hide everything from everyone instead of letting them absorb it and make their own judgements. Yippy. |
| Arthen |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 4:13:48 PM
I think the banned Where's Waldo because there is slight, very slight, cartoon nudity. Remember the beach scene that used to make all the kids laugh?
American Pyscho has got to be the most disturbing novel I've ever read. Man, it's nuts. The movie does it no justice, no justice at all. If you want some seriously fucked up stuff, read that book. I'm not saying it should be banned, I enjoyed it and thought it was a great book, but it holds back nothing.
Also, Flowers for Algernon is one of my all time favorite books. I cried at the end of it. Such an unbelieveably amazing book. |
| victorwootenfan |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 2:43:56 PM
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Blubber by Judy Blume
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Private Parts by Howard Stern
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
I've read all those books, or exerpts of them. It's strange tho, lots of those books i had to read for class at school. Lots of books are controversial at times, depending on when they were released. People who ban books suck!!
mainly...
these seem the type of people that would do things like that.
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| flacosuave |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 1:32:48 PM
Scary Stories rocks |
| PJK |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 1:24:06 PM
quote:
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” — Benjamin Franklin
I think he said it best! Thanks for posting this Teri, another chance to open our eyes to what is happening. |
| tericee |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 12:53:03 PM
No clue. I thought that was odd too. |
| Saint Jude |
Posted - 09/25/2003 : 12:48:53 PM
nothin wrong with burning... i mean banning books....
/sarchasm.
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
??????
how is that at all controversial? |
