And the winners (?) are:
1. ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle (offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group)
2. The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa (nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group)
3. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins (anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence)
4. My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler (nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group)
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group)
6. Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint)
7. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley (insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit)
8. What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones (nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit)
9. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar (drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit)
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (offensive language; racism)
Can someone remind me, please, of the moment when Katniss starts to worship Satan? Because I clearly missed it.
And To Kill a Mockingbird. For racism. Holy cow.
This list is part of the ALA's 2012 State of America's Libraries report.
Via everywhere.
I almost snorted my coffee up my nose. KATNISS is an occultist, but not those looney-tunes in BRAVE NEW WORLD making a "T" sign on their stomachs and shouting "Orgy-porgy!"
Just more evidence that those who "object" to those books haven't actually READ those books.
Posted by: MelissaW | 09 April 2012 at 12:00 PM
Yeah, I'm pretty sure if they had read the Hunger Games trilogy, they would have perhaps come to the realization that the books take a pretty firm stance against violence and war. Same thing with To Kill a Mockingbird and racism. Goodness . . .
Posted by: Jenn | 09 April 2012 at 05:00 PM
The inclusion of To Kill a Mockingbird is the straw that broke the camel's back. Have they not read these books?
Posted by: Beth | 09 April 2012 at 06:05 PM
Doesn't TKAM make this list yearly pretty much? Go Harper Lee!
(yeah, laughed at the line about Katniss, not so much anything else)
Posted by: CC | 09 April 2012 at 08:49 PM
We need to know how many times was The Hunger Games challenged. Last year the top book on the list was challenged a whopping four times all year. I think that has something to do with why the number of challenges is left out, except for the aggregate number. I suppose the good news is that books are rarely challenged.
Posted by: Dan Kleinman | 10 April 2012 at 10:09 AM
You have to wonder about the people who receive the complaint about the racism in To Kill a Mockingbird. They must put their heads down on the desk and weep.
Posted by: MotherReader | 12 April 2012 at 08:34 PM