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Archive through May 06, 2004

The TVClubHouse: Movies & Library ARCHIVES: Library: May 2004 - April 2005: Your Favorite Banned Book?: Archive through May 06, 2004 users admin

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Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's the list:

Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Dieby Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Goats by Brock Cole
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Fade by Robert Cormier
Guess What? by Mem Fox
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Jack by A.M. Homes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
Carrie by Stephen King
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

My favorite from that list is Beloved, but I'm shocked Ulysses by James Joyce isn't there. It was prohibited from importation into AMerica for years after its initial publication.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I cannot believe that some of these books are banned! There is some great literature here. My favorite Toni Morrison is The Bluest Eye, great book. My kids loved How To Eat Fried Worms when they were young and why in the world is that banned?

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Because some people have nothing better to do than to bother libraries about content, presumably. I'm as shocked as you about some of them. Huck Finn? To Kill a Mockingbird?

Landi
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
the reason for huck finn is the derogatory words regarding african americans, in to kill a mockingbird the man is on trial for raping a white woman. i do not agree with their choices. as a matter of fact, i've read almost every single one of those books, and 5 or 6 of them are my absolute favorites! my 14 year old daughter has read about 10 of them. "the face on the milk carton" is book 1 in a series, this is her favorite book of all time, and it is just wonderful. i will NEVER tell my daughter she cannot read a book.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Because the people who banned them have probably never cracked open a book, or thought about anything outside their own fearful, little narrow minded worlds. STAMP OUT ALL THOUGHT!

Tish, I can't tell you which is my favorite, because I can't decide. There are so many excellent books here!

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Geez,what a weird list!!! Judy Blume and Shel Silverstein?????
There are many excellent books on that list. I do say American Psycho should be tossed in the trash. That book is just a piece of garbage.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Forever by Judy Blume is the first book without pictures that I read. It holds special place in my heart because it opened me up to the world of books. The Beauty series by Anne Rice is a favorite. And alot of those books were required reading in school like Huck Finn and To Kill A Mockingbird and Tom Sawyer. The Color Purple was great. I've tried reading Toni Morrison but she's too hard for me. She writes in that old southern dialect and I have to work too hard to understand her and that's not entertaining for me.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The more I read this the angrier I get. Do we really want a world of Stepford Children that have no imagination or minds of their own? I just have such a problem with censorship!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmm, the ones I've read:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (and the movie)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and most of his other works
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling (just one)

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and everything else Salinger wrote.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker and other books, and of course the movie

Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel (all of them)

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (and the movie)

The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein

Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (have it)

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (and the movie)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (and the movie)

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (it was an article in Cavalcade magazine when I read it)

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Cujo by Stephen King (and pretty much all king)

Ordinary People by Judith Guest (and the movie)

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday


Carrie by Stephen King

Family Secrets by Norma Klein

The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman


Oh, can't say one favorite.. To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Lord of the Flies
Color Purple
Clan of the Cave Bear

My junior english teacher told us it was really mandatory that we read Catcher.. we read Flowers for Algernon my sophomore year..


Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You're regular banned book doyenne, Sea!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
books my JUST TURNED 14 daughter has read (and OWNS) on this list:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
The Witches by Roald Dahl
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Deenie by Judy Blume
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Carrie by Stephen King
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene


Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 6:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok,this may be a dumb question,but is Where's Waldo that book with the guy in the striped hat,that you pick out of a big crowd?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tisha, I'm just old :-) and actually probably would have more on the list but I missed some of the newer stuff for kids..



Landi
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 8:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yep hippy, it took me awhile to figure how that one made this list, but there is a page with him with wizards and such, i had to check out holly's book to figure it out.

Max
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08-12-2000

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 10:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a book that I read when I was about 13 and it really, really made a big impression on me. It opened my eyes to a lot of things that I had never thought about and I've been a huge admirer of Maya Angelou and her work ever since.

When I was in Jr. High, I ordered a copy of, I think, Goodbye Columbus from our school paperback program. The English teacher (who ran the program) called my mom and told her she wouldn't order the book for me because she felt it wasn't appropriate subject matter for someone my age. My mom read her the riot act! I'll never forget it. She told the teacher that SHE would buy the book for me herself because it was HER job to decide what was appropriate for me to read, not the school's. She said how I was advanced for my age and that if I had any questions, I would ask them and she and dad would deal with it. It was awesome.

So, you can pretty much guess what I think of people or institutions who try to dictate what should or should not be read by people of any age! I notice that Farenheit 451 isn't on the list. Maybe the folks who made the stupid list should go back and read that one again and see if they learn anything THIS time!

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 10:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just wonder what these people are so afraid of?

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 1:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Absolutely frightening. I've read most the books on that list. Max, I agree with your parents! It's my job to decide what my children read, not anyone elses.

I remember sitting on the desk at my grandmothers house reading the Outsiders. We lived with her til I was 10, so I know I was 8 or 9 at the time. 21+ years later and I've got the same copy of that book, cover fell off years ago, half the pages have fallen out of the book and are shoved back in, corners folded down to keep my place. It was the first "adult" book I read and taught me that there was a whole world of books out there just waiting for me to read.

Caleb has read most, if not all, of the Goosebump books, quite a few Judy Blume books, and has just recently started on the Harry Potter books (we've read those to him, minus a few parts that we thought were a bit old for him at the time for the past couple of years.) He finally decided he was ready to tackle books that were that big. There are books on that list that I think are inappropriate for his age, but once he gets a little older, I won't stop him from reading them.

There are so many great books on that list, what a shame. The Harry Potter books are incredible, I'm not even talking about the story. J.K. Rowling is single handly responsible for getting millions of children to read, not because they have to but because they want to. Every child over the age of about 6 that I know has read her books, they eagerly await the new ones and devour them in a matter of days as soon as they come out. How on earth can that be wrong? Kids who a few years ago would never have willingly sat down with a book to read are learning to love books and stories. Makes no sense to me.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 6:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
that's so funny max! i just bought my holly Farenheit 451!!! our rule in the house, is for every fun book (ella enchanted) she must read one classic. reading has been the ONLY thing i've never had to encourage her to do. i'm so proud of your mom for doing what she did!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 7:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love Why the Caged Bird Sings too. I've read most of Dr. Angelou's books and she is a fantastic writer and storyteller. I was also able to hear her go speak in person a few years ago and it was such a glorious experience. She is SOOO funny and wise at the same time. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life and I will never forget it. She truly does make you proud to be a woman. What I find most incredible about her is that she refuses to see anything except for the inside of a person - she transcends gender, race, etc. to just be a glorious, fanastic human being.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I could just worship at Maya Angelou's feet. Everything she says and just the way she says it, just lift my soul. She is amazing!

Emeraldfire
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03-05-2003

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My dd was required last year by her English teacher to read Of Mice and Men and To Kill a Mockingbird. She loved them both. Her teacher must have ignored the list!

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is there a place to read why some of these are banned? I mean, some of these are educational books geared towards life, and helping troubled people realize how bad things can get (like Go Ask Alice). Absolutely preposterous!

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh,ok,Landi. We were trying to figure out what it could be in chat last night. That's ridiculous!

Kady
Member

07-30-2000

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 4:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If you go to the link that Tishala posted...it states that these books are challenged. I think if any book offends you for any reason, you can challenge it being on the library shelves.

The private school that my son used to attend did not allow Harry Potter in their library. I kinda had a few rounds with some Mothers of the children in his class for allowing him to read and bring Harry Potter to school.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 9:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love this list....because my kids realize how stupid the entire idea of "banning" books is! We read Of Mice and Men and Day No Pigs Would Die w/ our freshmen! Pigs has one "pig breeding" scene and one "pig slaughter" scene...two things my rural farm kids are completely familiar with (and stunned that some people consider these things "inappropriate").

Yup...great books! KEEP READING!