Banned books

[raven]

I just saw the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990-2000. It's quite frightening, the books people want to ban. And it's also frightening how many of them are by Judy Blume, and how many of them I've read.

So, loneraven has read:

Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling

Forever by Judy Blume

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle - how can anyone want to ban this? I love it so much...

The Witches by Roald Dahl

Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry - nooo! Not Anastasia! Only one of the funniest heroines ever...

Blubber by Judy Blume

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - for the love of god, why?!

Deenie by Judy Blume

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene - I think. I honestly am not sure.

I will stop updating now. I promise.
But some of these books - you cannot ban! No!

Comments

Crazy people

[scarlatti.livejournal.com]

It's quite frightening, the books people want to ban. And it's also frightening how many of them are by Judy Blume, and how many of them I've read.

Un-be-lievable. :(

Do they want to ban these books in general or just ban them from school libraries? Either way, of course, it's ridiculous. Roald Dahl, Judy Blume, L'Engle -- as a kid, I read and loved them all, and they didn't warp *me* too badly! Would've read and loved JKR, too, if the Potter books had been out back then.

(Ooh, I remember "Forever" very well. ;))

[eniddy.livejournal.com]

Why the Harry Potter series? What's so bad about them?

I don't see why people should attempt to ban books. If they don't like them, they don't have to read them. Plus they shouldn't worry about children reading them. A child would probably not even attempt to read them. Kids nowadays are so lazy! Well most anyways.

[ex-kinsey474.livejournal.com]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - for the love of god, why?!

My daughter just read this in school. Ninth grade English, Baltimore County public school. She loved it. I can't for the life of me figure out why people are opposed to this book.

They have removed Catcher In The Rye, though. Not outright banned it or anything, but just dropped it from the reading list and replaced it with something else. There were so many parents against it, they figured it wasn't worth the fight. They said it was part of "updating" the reading list.
:sigh:

Re: Crazy people

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I don't think they want to ban them, per se... these are the ones the Library Association as been asked to ban by various people...

Either way, it's totally bizarre, methinks...

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[loneraven.livejournal.com]

The ironic thing is, my English Lit GCSE mock is tomorrow (uber important exam, in other words), and it's based on To Kill a Mockingbird. I have to revise and re-read tonight...

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[loneraven.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember it was Christians against Satanism and witchcraft who wanted to ban Harry Potter. The mind boggles.

I agree with you, of course. Books cannot be banned. This is a free country and it should be a free world.

[candriann.livejournal.com]

Why was James and the Giant Peach on the ban list? I don't remember anything offensive in the movie/book...? People these days. Sheesh!!

[ephignia.livejournal.com]

Bridge to Terabithia? To Kill a Mockingbird? Are they banning things just coz they're sad, or what?

Brave New World probably has too much sex in it for younger kids, but banning it altogether... heh?

I love all the books I've read on that list.