Our friend Jennifer Yoder is an english teacher at Westfield High School. She's currently fighting a challange of a book she's been teaching in her classroom. The book is The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Parents are concerned with the language in this book about the Vietnam War. We wish her luck as she defends the book in front of the Westfield School Board Tuesday night.
If you're aware of censorship and book challenges in your community you can contact the American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom. Protect your liberty and your library, read a banned book! Below is a list of the top 10 most often challaenged books in 2004, according to the ALA. How many have you read?
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier for sexual content, offensive language, religious viewpoint, being unsuited to age group and violence
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, for racism, offensive language and violence
- Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Michael A. Bellesiles, for inaccuracy and political viewpoint
- Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey, for offensive language and modeling bad behavior
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, for homosexuality, sexual content and offensive language
- What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones, for sexual content and offensive language
- In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak, for nudity and offensive language
- King & King by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland, for homosexuality
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, for racism, homosexuality, sexual content, offensive language and unsuited to age group
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, for racism, offensive language and violence
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