Banned Books Week

American Library Association  www.ala.org

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
September 25−October 2, 2010

A list of 10 classic books often banned and/or challenged -- and why:

1. The Great Gatsby: language and sexual references
2. The Catcher in the Rye: excess vulgar language, sexual issues, moral issues
3. The Grapes of Wrath: vulgarity, filth, taking the Lord's name in vain
4. To Kill a Mockingbird: profanity and racial slurs
5. The Color Purple: sexual and social explicitness, troubling ideas about race,negative image of black men
6. Ulysses: too much sex.
7. Beloved: violence, sexual material
8. The Lord of the Flies: demoralizing, excessive violence, bad language
9. 1984: pro-Communist, explicit sexual matter
10. Lolita: pedophilia

Bonus Ban: Harry Potter: Irreligious
Ironic Ban: Fahrenheit 451: Rather than ban it Ballentine “santitized” it for use in schools without Ray Bradbury’s permission or input.

Be Well.