“Challenging” Books May 8, 2008
Posted by Matt in books.Tags: banned books, ALA, literature, And Tango Makes Three, Huckleberry Finn
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I must not be quite as subversive as I like to think I am.
The ALA has just released its list of the Ten Most Challenged Books and I have to admit that I’ve only read one of them, Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn,” which Earnest Hemingway once described as the source of “all modern American literature.” I’m sure that, despite its literary importance, the reason it was included was for its regular n-bomb droppings.
Leading the list for the second year in a row is children’s book, “And Tango Makes Three,” in which two male penguins adopt an abandoned egg as their own.
After seeing how behind I am when it comes to banned books, I may have to adjust my summer reading list…
Ten Most Challenged Books
10. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
9. “It’s Perfectly Normal” by Robie Harris
8. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou
7. “TTYL” by Lauren Myracle
6. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
5. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
4. “The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman
3. “Olive’s Ocean” by Kevin Henkes
2. “The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier
1. “And Tango Makes Three” by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
Have you read many of these?
The Color Purple is a fantastic book. Very much worth picking up.
The Golden Compass is a snooze-fest from a smug egotist.
The Chocolate War is a fun read although the ending is a bit unsatisfying.