Banned Book Week passed without me having the time to comment on it. Of the books most frequently challenged in 2010…
Because of homosexualty:
1. And Tango Makes Three, by Parnell and Richardson.
9. Revolutionary Voices, by Sonnie.
Because of too much (or explicit) sex (some also because of offensive language, drugs, and violence):
2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Alexie.
3. Brave New World, by Huxley
4. Crank, by Hopkins
5. The Hunger Games, by Collins
6. Lush, by Friend
7. What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sones
That leaves
8. Nickel and Dimed, by Ehrenreich for inaccuracies and political viewpoint. This is the story of a female journalist who spent a year trying to make it on the minimum wages of waitress in a diner. So why is the political viewpoint offensive? To whom?
10. Twilight, by Meyer, that steamy teen vampire/werewolf romance, challenged because of religious viewpoint?
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