Throughout the world, and throughout time, people and organizations challenge various books. A challenge is when a person or organization states a book should be taken off the shelf or out of the library or not offered to people to be read. The reasons WHY a book is challenged is not easy to explain. It can be because someone disagrees with how a character is portrayed; that someone feels the book's message conflicts with one's religious beliefs; that people feel words or actions included in a book do (or would) make a person feel uncomfortable or goes against their values; that people believe it is unsuited for a specific age group; and more.
Sometimes the challenges are successful and the books become banned ... this means NO ONE can have access to read that book at that specific location.
Here are a few books that were frequently challenged and/or banned from 1990 - 2014. How many of these have YOU or your family read during your lifetime?
* Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz* Bridge to Terabithia by Katerine Paterson* The Giver by Lois Lowry
* The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie* My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier* Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine* The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katerine Paterson
* A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
* The Call of the Wild by Jack London
* The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros* The Witches by Roald Dahl
* Looking for Alaska by John Green* A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle* Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
* The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky* Blubber by Judy Blume* Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George* The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton* To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee* Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes* Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling* A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein* Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher* Lord of the Flies by William Golding* ttyl by Lauren Myracle* Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey* The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B Cooney* Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
What are YOUR thoughts on challenging and or banning books?
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