Frequently Challenged books

        One of the squares on the Lucky 10 Challenge in the Teen Reading Log asks that you read a challenged book. I bet you will be surprised to know that you have probably read many challenged books, as picture books are challenged, too  

       Book banning is censorship and goes against our the First Amendment rights of freedom of expression. Books are rarely banned in American schools, bookstores and public libraries, but often books are challenged by people who object to something in the book, usually something religious, political, sexual or due to language.  

       The American Library Association and all librarians promote your freedom to choose the books you want and to express your opinions and views.

You can search online and find many banned and challenged books lists.  Here are some of them:  

Alexander - The Prydain Chronicles
Alexie - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Anderson - Twisted
Anonymous - Go Ask Alice
Armstrong - Sounder
Asher - Thirteen Reasons Why
Blume - Forever
Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Collins – The Hunger Games
Cormier - I Am the Cheese
Cushman - Midwife’s Apprentice
Curtis - Watson’s Go To Birmingham—1963
Dahl - The BFG
Friend – Lush
George - Julie of the Wolves
Green - Looking for Alaska
Harris - It’s Perfectly Normal
Henkes – Olive’s Ocean
Hinton - The Outsiders
Hopkins – Crank
Howe - Totally Joe
Huxley – Brave New World 
Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird  
L’Engle - A Wrinkle in Time  
Lewis - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe       
Lowry - The Giver Things               
 Mackler – The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things
Meyer - Twilight
Myers – Fallen Angels
Myracle – ttyl, ttfn
Naylor – Alice (series)
Nix - Shade’s Children
Orwell - Animal Farm
Parnell – And Tango Makes Three
Paterson – Bridge to Terabithia
Paulsen - Nightjohn
Pilkey – Captain Underpants (series)
Picoult – My Sister’s Keeper
Pullman- His Dark Materials trilogy
Ringgold - Tar Beach
Rowling – Harry Potter (series)
Sachar - Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
Schwartz – Scary Stories (series)
Sendak – In the Night Kitchen
Silverstein - Giving Tree
Smith – Bone (series)
Snyder - Egypt Game
Steig - Abel’s Island
Steinbeck – Of Mice and Men
Taylor - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Twain - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
VonZiegesar - Gossip Girls (series)
Wilder - Little House on the Prairie
Winthrop - Castle in the Attic   

DON'T FORGET:  All reading logs are due August 2nd!  If you turn your log in by or on August 2nd, you get to come to the Teen Summer Reading Finale Party.  Ice Cream and a free book that you chose!  Don’t miss this!

Also, finish up your entry for the Writes of Summer writing contest.  They are due August 1st!

I’d love to hear what challenged book you read!

Happy reading,
Connie