For this week's Tuesday Thingers, I've copied the list of the most-challenged books of the 1990s straight from the ALA website. I've highlighted the ones I've read. Highlight what you've read, and italicize what you have in your LT library.
- 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 Die by 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
33 comments:
My contribution for this week is here. I love this weeks topic. This is a subject near and dear to my heart. Great choice for a question!
here is my answer :)
This should be interesting. I was surprised at how few I've actually read. My answer's here.
Hi, long time lurker, and now also blogger. Hope you don't mind me adding a link to my answers here
I was just about to do a variation of this anyway, so great timing! For my answer and more great kitty pics (really funny this week) click here.
Here is mine!
Lenore- I did do the variation of this as well LOL!
Hello Everyone! I'm back
http://web.me.com/bluestocking_bb/The_Bluestocking_Guide/Book_Reviews/Entries/2008/9/30_The_Banned_Book_List.html
http://web.me.com/bluestocking_bb/The_Bluestocking_Guide/Book_Reviews/Entries/2008/9/30_The_Banned_Book_List.html
I don't get these html tags.
I have mine listed.
http://kbr44.blogspot.com/2008/09/tuesday-thingers-banned-book-week.html
I haven't read very many of them. Most of the ones I have read, like Judy Blume's books, were read when I was a teenager.
Mine's here. This list really took me back to some of my favorite books from elementary school. Julie of the Wolves! Makes me want to re-read that even.
My post is here. And I agree - there are always books on the list that I know I should have read and I'm sad that I haven't.
I'm up at The Book Lady's Blog. I'm so glad this week's topic fits in my with my weeklong celebration of fREADom!
This was an interesting one. I was surprised by some of the books on the list. My post is here.
Like others, I'm surprised how few I've read. My post is here.
My post is up here.
- medieval bookworm
I've read a lot on this list. My link is here.
Whoops, totally forgot to let you all know my post is up.
Great topic! Mine is up here
My list is up.
Here's mine with an added indication of the books I believe my kids have read.
My post is here.
Here is mine my post.
Happy Banned Books Week!
Here's mine!
My post is up!
http://www.funkepunkemonke.com/?p=233
My very first post for Tuesday Thingers is up.
You can find it here.
My second time doing this is here
Wonderful choice of a prompt!
I'm incredibly tardy, but my answer is here. I just couldn't pass up the topic!
Mine is up.
My post is up here.
I researched a few of the kids' books I saw on the list, to see why they were challenged. weird, weirder, weirdest!
I spent all day yesterday with my other passion, photography, so mine is late.
Tuesday Thingers on Friday :-). I've read a few, but don't own very many.
Better late than never! Thanks for keeping me on my toes with new books to read.
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