Thursday Thirteen #84 Banned Book Edition
Greetings, Kittens!
Happy Banned Book Week! In celebration of the freedom to read what we will and as a minor stride in the fight against censorship, here are 13 Books that were Challenged or Banned in 2010-2011. They are in no particular order, and since I assume there will be other lists, I have skipped about the listing to choose my 13. A book's presence on this list is not an endorsement, as I may or may not have read or liked them. The point is that it's your right and that of everyone to read them if you choose.
Enjoy.
1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
2. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
3. Betrayed by Kristen Cast and P.C. Cast
4. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
5. Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
6. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
7. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8. What's Happening to My Body: Book for Boys by Lynda Madaras
9. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
10. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
11. Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology edited by Amy Sonnie
12. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
13. The Koran (Yes, it pains me to use a wiki link for a people's holy book, but I know you all take wiki with a grain of salt, so here you are.)
Other Thursday Thirteeners
For a larger list check the American Library Association
Happy Banned Book Week! In celebration of the freedom to read what we will and as a minor stride in the fight against censorship, here are 13 Books that were Challenged or Banned in 2010-2011. They are in no particular order, and since I assume there will be other lists, I have skipped about the listing to choose my 13. A book's presence on this list is not an endorsement, as I may or may not have read or liked them. The point is that it's your right and that of everyone to read them if you choose.
Enjoy.
1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
2. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
3. Betrayed by Kristen Cast and P.C. Cast
4. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
5. Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
6. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
7. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
8. What's Happening to My Body: Book for Boys by Lynda Madaras
9. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
10. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
11. Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology edited by Amy Sonnie
12. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
13. The Koran (Yes, it pains me to use a wiki link for a people's holy book, but I know you all take wiki with a grain of salt, so here you are.)
Other Thursday Thirteeners
For a larger list check the American Library Association