books, books, books
my school library had a great series of books - i don't remember what it was called but there were three of them and they documented banned and challenged books and told you where they had been challenged and why. so that is why i know that Blubber, by Judy Blume, was banned/challenged (i don't remember which) in Montgomery County, Maryland public schools (my district) because it showed kids being "cruel" to each other and not being punished for it (i'll let you make of that what you will).
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz ::shudder:: this + Arachnophobia = the obvious
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou in English class
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Bumblebee Flies Anyway is beautiful, by the way
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain must have been school
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 9th grade ::sniff::
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling ::sigh:: an updated list, I see
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (so depressing)
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor these books taught me lots of things! heh (boy jeans are sized different from girl jeans! -i had never owned a pair of jeans when i read them the first time- peanut butter gets gum out of your hair! lucite is a kind of plastic! shutting up now) these books are so cute... and they take place right near where i lived in maryland
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 <- I started it. I know, I'm a bad person.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine but you know what? It was the Christopher Pike books I really loved. Those were so much creepier
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck <- only read half
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel only Clan of the Cave Bear
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson my favorite by far remains Jacob Have I Loved
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle but A Swiftly Tilting Planet is the best, the best - clayton says most people haven't read that one, though, which is very sad if it's true. Have I mentioned that my laptop is named Charles-Wallace? :)
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous <- only read half
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl but it is All. About. Mathilda.
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry <- I've *seen* them. young'uns. whatever happened to The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline?
The Goats by Brock Cole this book was my hero. fuck anyone who wants to ban this book. It's about two kids, a boy and a girl, at summer camp and on a yearly camp trip to an island the kids always pick the least popular boy and the least popular girl and tie them up and leave them on the island overnight but this year, they run away.
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan how much did the TV movie version of this suck? also, Teaching Mrs. Tingle was supposedly loosely based on this book - yeah right.
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 <- my mother tried to give me this book
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 <- wish I had
Beloved by Toni Morrison ::waves to my final MIT paper topic::
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton everybody loves Ponyboy and Sodapop
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume <- almost did - bought a Babysitter's Club book instead. I was like, 8.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes <- saw the play
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 this was cute
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley school
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) <- I've never read any Anne Rice. I *did* read Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite ::shudder::
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 Chris Crutcher is my favorite author.
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 :) and Whatever Happened to Janie?
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding school
Native Son by Richard Wright school
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 even if you think King sucks, Carrie is really interesting
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume sad. hey, remember Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself? or Just As Long As We're Together/Here's to You, Rachel Robinson?
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein i read this in high school and i still remember what the characters looked like, but not their names. it was okay.
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 school
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford ::boggles::
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene aww... sweetest book ever. Morning is a Long Time Coming was also good.
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman my grandmother had this one in the basement when i was little
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher not my favorite of his ::shrugs::
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 Below the Root was infinitely better
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
i'd like to think that so many banned books are assigned in school because teachers are championing free speech, but i know it's really because it's primarily books assigned by schools that get challenged/banned. I feel all nostalgic now... I had to look up some of these to figure out if i'd read them or not and i found others. anybody read:
the Barthe DeClements books (Fourth Grade Wizards, How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues, Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You, etc)
The Wind Blows Backward by Mary Downing Hahn
Alan and Naomi by Myron Levoy
Interstellar Pig/Bifurcation by Williams Sleator...
or, ooh, The Witch of Blackbird Pond... Anna to the Infinite Power...
Young Adult Fiction is awesome. ::contemplates filling my bookshelf with cheap YA paperbacks off ebay::
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz ::shudder:: this + Arachnophobia = the obvious
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou in English class
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Bumblebee Flies Anyway is beautiful, by the way
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain must have been school
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 9th grade ::sniff::
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling ::sigh:: an updated list, I see
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (so depressing)
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor these books taught me lots of things! heh (boy jeans are sized different from girl jeans! -i had never owned a pair of jeans when i read them the first time- peanut butter gets gum out of your hair! lucite is a kind of plastic! shutting up now) these books are so cute... and they take place right near where i lived in maryland
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 <- I started it. I know, I'm a bad person.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine but you know what? It was the Christopher Pike books I really loved. Those were so much creepier
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck <- only read half
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel only Clan of the Cave Bear
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson my favorite by far remains Jacob Have I Loved
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle but A Swiftly Tilting Planet is the best, the best - clayton says most people haven't read that one, though, which is very sad if it's true. Have I mentioned that my laptop is named Charles-Wallace? :)
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous <- only read half
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl but it is All. About. Mathilda.
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry <- I've *seen* them. young'uns. whatever happened to The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline?
The Goats by Brock Cole this book was my hero. fuck anyone who wants to ban this book. It's about two kids, a boy and a girl, at summer camp and on a yearly camp trip to an island the kids always pick the least popular boy and the least popular girl and tie them up and leave them on the island overnight but this year, they run away.
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan how much did the TV movie version of this suck? also, Teaching Mrs. Tingle was supposedly loosely based on this book - yeah right.
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 <- my mother tried to give me this book
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 <- wish I had
Beloved by Toni Morrison ::waves to my final MIT paper topic::
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton everybody loves Ponyboy and Sodapop
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume <- almost did - bought a Babysitter's Club book instead. I was like, 8.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes <- saw the play
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 this was cute
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley school
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) <- I've never read any Anne Rice. I *did* read Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite ::shudder::
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 Chris Crutcher is my favorite author.
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 :) and Whatever Happened to Janie?
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding school
Native Son by Richard Wright school
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 even if you think King sucks, Carrie is really interesting
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume sad. hey, remember Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself? or Just As Long As We're Together/Here's to You, Rachel Robinson?
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein i read this in high school and i still remember what the characters looked like, but not their names. it was okay.
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 school
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford ::boggles::
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene aww... sweetest book ever. Morning is a Long Time Coming was also good.
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman my grandmother had this one in the basement when i was little
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher not my favorite of his ::shrugs::
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 Below the Root was infinitely better
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
i'd like to think that so many banned books are assigned in school because teachers are championing free speech, but i know it's really because it's primarily books assigned by schools that get challenged/banned. I feel all nostalgic now... I had to look up some of these to figure out if i'd read them or not and i found others. anybody read:
the Barthe DeClements books (Fourth Grade Wizards, How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues, Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You, etc)
The Wind Blows Backward by Mary Downing Hahn
Alan and Naomi by Myron Levoy
Interstellar Pig/Bifurcation by Williams Sleator...
or, ooh, The Witch of Blackbird Pond... Anna to the Infinite Power...
Young Adult Fiction is awesome. ::contemplates filling my bookshelf with cheap YA paperbacks off ebay::