The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Part 2
The second part of a book about a little girl who goes off to help her uncle dad with an armored bear to stop her evil mom monkey lady from going to heaven.
Banned
#8 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
2007
Halton, Ontario, Canada - trilogy was challenged at a Catholic school district that the books were "written by an atheist where the characters and text are anti-God, anti-Catholic, and anti-religion," pulled from public display be available for students who ask
Calgary, Alberta, Canada - publicly funded Catholic school district removed then returned the books to shelves for anti-religious content
Alamosa, Colorado - pulled then returned to shelves at Ortega Middle School for anti-religious content
Winchester, Kentucky - Challenged because of childhood alcohol and drug (wine and poppy) consumption and anti-religious
Lubbock, Texas - Challenged at Shallowater Middle School for being anti-religious
Oshkosh, Wisconsin - pulled from St John Neumann Middle School and Lourdes High School for "anti-Christian messages."
2008 - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada - retained but added a sticker that said "representations of the church in this novel are purely fictional," and don't reflect real Roman Catholic Church or Gospel of Jesus Christ
OIF claims 513 cases where books were targeted for censorship, of which 74 were successfully banned or restricted.
Sources
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. 2014.
Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
The Religious Controversy Surrounding Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials
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