Here we go again…
The ALA has just released it’s top ten Challenged Books for 2005.
(the envelope, please)
It’s Perfectly Normal (for homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age group)
Forever by Judy Blume (for sexual content and offensive language)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (for sexual content, offensive language and being unsuited to age group)
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (for sexual content and offensive language)
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher (for racism and offensive language)
Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds (for sexual content)
What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones (for sexual content and being unsuited to age group)
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey (for anti-family content, being unsuited to age group and violence)
Crazy Lady! by Jane Leslie Conly (for offensive language)
It’s So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families by Robie H. Harris (for sex education and sexual content)
(applause)
