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Banned Book Talk: Open Thread

Here’s a list from the ALA of the most challenged and banned books in the country. Bet you can’t guess what the most banned book is. Hint: it’s about a boy with glasses who goes to a special school.

What’s your favorite banned book? Let me know in comments.

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3 Responses to “Banned Book Talk: Open Thread”

  1. Elayne Riggs Says:
    September 26th, 2006 at 7:45 am

    I couldn’t find a list of banned books at all (as I suspected I wouldn’t).

    I must be really behind in my reading. I didn’t read any of the challenged books or authors listed for 2005.

  2. Keith Says:
    September 26th, 2006 at 8:35 pm

    You didn’t find any banned books because the ALA and ACLU have lots of mean lawyers who do their job well. And I haven’t read any of the challeneged books for 2005 either. Fan of th eclassics, though. Fahrenheight 451 is the book that made me want to write stories.

  3. Daryl Says:
    October 1st, 2006 at 2:07 am

    Here is where you can find a list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books, courtesy of the ALA; http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbweeklinks/100mostfrequently.htm

    and here is a pretty thorough list of what IS actually banned.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_books