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As a part of National Library Week, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has released the “Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2009” list.

Click on the link to the book below to view book and author details, reviews, and related materials in NoveList and Novelist K-8:

  1. “TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle
    Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs
  2. “And Tango Makes Three” by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
    Reasons: Homosexuality
  3. “The Perks of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky
    Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Anti-Family, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide
  4. “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee
    Reasons: Racism, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
  5. Twilight Saga (series) by Stephenie Meyer
    Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group
  6. “Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger
    Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
  7. “My Sister’s Keeper,” by Jodi Picoult
    Reasons: Sexism, Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide, Violence
  8. “The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things,” by Carolyn Mackler
    Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
  9. “The Color Purple,” Alice Walker
    Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
  10. “The Chocolate War,” by Robert Cormier
    Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

For more information on banned and challenged books, visit the Banned Books Week Web site.