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This week is Banned Book Week<\/a>. <\/p>\n

According to the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, these were the 100 most frequently banned or challenged books between 2000 and 2009<\/a>:<\/p>\n

1. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling<\/strong>
\n2. Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
\n3. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
\n4. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson\/Peter Parnell
\n5. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
\n6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou<\/strong>
\n7. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
\n8. His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman<\/strong>
\n9. ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
\n10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
\n11. Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
\n12. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
\n13. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
\n14. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain<\/strong>
\n15. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
\n16. Forever, by Judy Blume
\n17. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
\n18. Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
\n19. Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger<\/strong>
\n20. King and King, by Linda de Haan
\n21. To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee<\/strong>
\n22. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
\n23. The Giver, by Lois Lowry
\n24. In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak<\/strong>
\n25. Killing Mr. Griffen, by Lois Duncan
\n26. Beloved, by Toni Morrison<\/strong>
\n27. My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier
\n28. Bridge To Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
\n29. The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline B. Cooney<\/strong>
\n30. We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
\n31. What My Mother Doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Know, by Sonya Sones
\n32. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
\n33. Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
\n34. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
\n35. Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging, by Louise Rennison<\/strong>
\n36. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
\n37. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s So Amazing, by Robie Harris
\n38. Arming America, by Michael Bellasiles
\n39. Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
\n40. Life is Funny, by E.R. Frank
\n41. Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher
\n42. The Fighting Ground, by Avi
\n43. Blubber, by Judy Blume<\/strong>
\n44. Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
\n45. Crazy Lady, by Jane Leslie Conly
\n46. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut<\/strong>
\n47. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: The First Graphic Novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins, the creators of Captain Underpants, by Dav Pilkey
\n48. Rainbow Boys, by Alex Sanchez
\n49. One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Nest, by Ken Kesey
\n50. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
\n51. Daughters of Eve, by Lois Duncan
\n52. The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson<\/strong>
\n53. You Hear Me?, by Betsy Franco
\n54. The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole
\n55. Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Green
\n56. When Dad Killed Mom, by Julius Lester
\n57. Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause
\n58. Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going
\n59. Olive\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
\n60. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
\n61. Draw Me A Star, by Eric Carle
\n62. The Stupids (series), by Harry Allard
\n63. The Terrorist, by Caroline B. Cooney
\n64. Mick Harte Was Here, by Barbara Park
\n65. The Things They Carried, by Tim O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Brien
\n66. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor
\n67. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
\n68. Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez
\n69. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
\n70. Harris and Me, by Gary Paulsen
\n71. Junie B. Jones (series), by Barbara Park
\n72. Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
\n73. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Happening to My Body Book, by Lynda Madaras<\/strong>
\n74. The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
\n75. Anastasia (series), by Lois Lowry
\n76. A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
\n77. Crazy: A Novel, by Benjamin Lebert
\n78. The Joy of Gay Sex, by Dr. Charles Silverstein
\n79. The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss
\n80. A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
\n81. Black Boy, by Richard Wright
\n82. Deal With It!, by Esther Drill
\n83. Detour for Emmy, by Marilyn Reynolds
\n84. So Far From the Bamboo Grove, by Yoko Watkins
\n85. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher
\n86. Cut, by Patricia McCormick
\n87. Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume<\/strong>
\n88. The Handmaid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
\n89. Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissenger
\n90. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Engle<\/strong>
\n91. Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
\n92. The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar
\n93. Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard
\n94. Goosebumps (series), by R.L. Stine
\n95. Shade\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Children, by Garth Nix
\n96. Grendel, by John Gardner
\n97. The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende
\n98. I Saw Esau, by Iona Opte
\n99. Are You There, God? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume<\/strong>
\n100. America: A Novel, by E.R. Frank<\/p>\n

I’ve bolded the titles I’ve read, and clearly I need to work on my controversial reading selections a bit. Maybe I’ll pick up one of these titles when I head past the library this week.<\/p>\n

How about you? How dangerous are your reading habits?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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