The Library Lowdown
September
Professional Development Collection
YA Book Club!!!!!
National Banned Books Week is Sept. 22-28!!!
Banned Books Week is the national book community's annual celebration of the freedom to read. According to the American Library Association, there were 464 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2012, and many more go unreported. The 10 most challenged titles of 2012 were:
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Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group -
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group -
Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group -
Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit -
And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.
Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group -
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit -
Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group -
Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence -
The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit -
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence
How many have you read?