Ruby Bridges Goes to School by Ruby Bridges
A little girl did a brave thing, and the world should remember to be kind.
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A small cat decides he is a Mexican superhero and kills a bumblebee.
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A collection of tales about humans making it to Mars and being pretty disappointed for the most part.
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A surveyor hears the story of a meteor blighting the land of a small New England farm and destroying a family.
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Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger
A not-so-banned book describing a town obsessed with high school football.
Banned
#89 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
Sources
ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
Bissinger, HG. Friday Night Lights. Da Capo Press. Boston, MA, 1990.
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Black Boy by Richard Wright
A memoir of a great writer dealing with racial issues, poverty, domestic violence, and a lot of moving around and learning.
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We get into one of the most memorable Southern fairy tales of all time, talking about the O'Hara family and how Scar-O plans to win the hand of Ashley at the barbeque before he marries his cousin.
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A man in wings jumps off the hospital where an important baby soon known as Milkman is being born.
Banned
#72 on ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1993 - Ohio - Challenged but retained in Columbus schools for "language degrading to blacks and is sexually explicit"
1994 - Georgia - Richmond County School District removed the book from reading lists and library shelves after a parent complained passages were "filthy and inappropriate"
1995 - Florida - St Johns County Schools in St Augustine challenged the book
1998 - Maryland - Complaints to St Mary's County schools referred to the novel as "filth," "trash," and "repulsive" and lead to challenges. A faculty committee recommended the book be retained, but the superintendent removed the book from the approved text list.
2009 - Michigan - The superintendent of Shelby school suspended the book from the curriculum. The book was reinstated but parents are informed in writing and at a meeting of the books content. Students who don't wish to read it can read an alternative.
2010 - Indiana - Parents of Franklin Central High School's Advanced Placement English class in Indianapolis were concerned about language and sexual content, but the book was retained.
Sources
ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Alfred A. Knopf. New York, 1977.
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Always Running by Luis Rodriquez
The true story of a gang member's journey into and out of la vida loca. And not one Ricky Martin joke.
Banned
#68 on the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1996 - Illinois - Challenged as optional reading at the Guilford High School in Rockford as "blatant pornography."
1998 - California
San Jose - Challenged but retained at the San Jose Unified School District as optional reading after complaints the book is "pornographic and offensive in its stereotyping of Latinos." Students must have parental permission to check out of school library.
Santa Rosa - Removed from the high school reading list
Fremont - Removed pending review
2003 - California - Challenged but retained in three Beyer High School classrooms in Modesto after complaints it is pornographic. District administrators removed the book in November 2003 and this descision reversed those actions.
2004 - California - Santa Barbara schools pulled the book after a parent complained about graphic violent and sex passages.
Sources
ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Rodriguez, Luis J. Always Running. Simon and Schuster. New York, 1993.
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The Terrorist by Caroline B Cooney
A young boy gets blowed up, his family get super sad, and then we wrap it all up pretty easy with a rather genre ending to a literary tale.
Banned
#63 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
2000
Iowa - Challenged but retained despite objections the story negatively depicts the Islamic religion and Arabic people at Franklin Middle School in Cedar Rapids
Maryland - Objections about anti-Arab content caused the book to be objected to but retained at Rockville in Montgomery County
Sources
ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Cooney, Caroline B. The Terrorist. Scholastic Inc. New York, 1997.
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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/