Oh, Arkansas....land of so many simpletons
I came across an article this morning describing the efforts of a group of parents in Fayetteville, AR to have certain books banned from the school library. Aside from the whole banning books issue itself, the most ridiculous part is the list of books they want banned. Check it out below:
"Doing It" by Melvin Burgess
"Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk
"Between Lovers" by Eric Jerome Dickey
"Cheaters" by Eric Jerome Dickey
"The Other Woman" by Eric Jerome Dickey
"The Homo Handbook--Getting in Touch With Your Inner Homo" by Judy Carter
"Gays/justice: a study of ethics, society, and law" by Richard D. Mohr
"GLBTQ: the survival guide for queer and questioning teens" by Kelly Huegel
"Rainbow High" by Alex Sanchez
"Rainbow Boys" by Alex Sanchez
"Forever" by Judy Blume
"Kissing Kate" by Lauren Myracle
"Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son" by Phyllis Burke
"Eight Seconds" by Jean Ferris
"Annie on My Mind" by Nancy Garden
"Baby Be-Bop" by Francesca Lia Block
"Leave Myself Behind" by Bart Yates
"Always Running: La Vida Loca,: Gang Days in L.A." by Luis J. Rodriguez
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison
"Bless me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
"Breaking Boxes" by A.M. Jenkins
"Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Deal With It! A whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain and Life as a Gurl" by Esther Drill, Heather McDonald, Rebecca Odes
"Druids" by Morgan Llywelyn
"Fade" by Robert Cormier
"Fair Game" by Erika Tamar
"Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers*
"Fools Crow" by James Welch
"Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories" by Francesca Lia Block
"How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
"I was a Teenage Fairy" by Francesca Lia Block
"Less Than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis
"Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments With Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies" by Laura Esquivel
"Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Lucky" by Alice Sebold
"My Father's Scar" by Michael Cart
"My Heartbeat" by Garret Freymann-Weyr
"One Hot Second: Stories About Desire" edited by Cathy Young
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Paula" by Isabel Allende
"Peter" by Kate Walker
"Push: A Novel" by Sapphire
"Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow
"Rats Saw God" by Rob Thomas
"Snow Falling on Cedars" by David Guterson
"Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky*
"The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
"The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold" by Francesca Lia Block
"Tenderness" by Robert Cormier
Not exactly The Satanic Verses, eh? The best quote from the whole article, from a parent in favor of banning books: "You cannot just have one view in a library."
Isn't that exactly what you are asking for lady?
"Doing It" by Melvin Burgess
"Choke" by Chuck Palahniuk
"Between Lovers" by Eric Jerome Dickey
"Cheaters" by Eric Jerome Dickey
"The Other Woman" by Eric Jerome Dickey
"The Homo Handbook--Getting in Touch With Your Inner Homo" by Judy Carter
"Gays/justice: a study of ethics, society, and law" by Richard D. Mohr
"GLBTQ: the survival guide for queer and questioning teens" by Kelly Huegel
"Rainbow High" by Alex Sanchez
"Rainbow Boys" by Alex Sanchez
"Forever" by Judy Blume
"Kissing Kate" by Lauren Myracle
"Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son" by Phyllis Burke
"Eight Seconds" by Jean Ferris
"Annie on My Mind" by Nancy Garden
"Baby Be-Bop" by Francesca Lia Block
"Leave Myself Behind" by Bart Yates
"Always Running: La Vida Loca,: Gang Days in L.A." by Luis J. Rodriguez
"Beloved" by Toni Morrison
"Bless me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
"Breaking Boxes" by A.M. Jenkins
"Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Deal With It! A whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain and Life as a Gurl" by Esther Drill, Heather McDonald, Rebecca Odes
"Druids" by Morgan Llywelyn
"Fade" by Robert Cormier
"Fair Game" by Erika Tamar
"Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers*
"Fools Crow" by James Welch
"Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories" by Francesca Lia Block
"How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
"I was a Teenage Fairy" by Francesca Lia Block
"Less Than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis
"Like Water For Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments With Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies" by Laura Esquivel
"Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Lucky" by Alice Sebold
"My Father's Scar" by Michael Cart
"My Heartbeat" by Garret Freymann-Weyr
"One Hot Second: Stories About Desire" edited by Cathy Young
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Paula" by Isabel Allende
"Peter" by Kate Walker
"Push: A Novel" by Sapphire
"Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow
"Rats Saw God" by Rob Thomas
"Snow Falling on Cedars" by David Guterson
"Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky*
"The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
"The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold" by Francesca Lia Block
"Tenderness" by Robert Cormier
Not exactly The Satanic Verses, eh? The best quote from the whole article, from a parent in favor of banning books: "You cannot just have one view in a library."
Isn't that exactly what you are asking for lady?