Read a Banned Book! For a listing of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books of 2000-2009: http://www.ala.org/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009 I was surprised to see that The Harry Potter Series Came in at the Number One spot! From this 100 book list, we have discussed 2 banned Challenged books in our group:
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- #65, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (almost voted in as a discussion book twice)
- #71, Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park (oh no, not Junie B. Jones!)
- #90, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle (Makes me want to reread this one....)
- #97, The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende (I loved the book, a powerful story.)
For the Top 10 Most Frequently Challenge Books of 2014 (with explanations given): http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10
The Bluest Eye (Banned Book #4) by Toni Morrison & The Kite Runner (Banned Book #7) by Khaled Hosseini are listed here. Read any banned books lately?