Calavera Diablos
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Post by Calavera Diablos on Sept 26, 2004 5:07:29 GMT -5
I recently stepped into a Barnes and Nobles to buy a few texts on the history of Wicca and I found out it's banned books week. Celebrate your freedom and bite your thumbs at your closed minded school commitees!
- Harry Potter series (Most likely in religious schools that have believe children will become evil, dirty pagans. *sigh*) - The Cay (I loved this book!) - The Bridge To Terabithia - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Annie on My Mind (The Olathe, Kansas school system ordered all copies of this book removed from high school library shelves. It is a story of two women who meet and fall in love and struggle with declaring their homosexuality to family and friends. ) - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?) - Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger - The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence by Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks - Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite (A favourite of censors, this children's book about gay parenting was the subject of a challenge in the public library. In an all-too-familiar request, a parent complained about references to homosexuality in material for children. The library board voted to uphold basic library principles by retaining the book on its appropriate shelf in the children's section.) - The Drowning of Stephan Jones by Bette Greene -The Education of Harriet Hatfield by May Sarton -Maurice by E. M. Forster - Fahrenheight 451 by Ray Bradbury - The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault - Black Boy by Richard Wright - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - Black like Me by John Howard Griffin - Animal Farm by George Orwell - Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Candide by Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire - Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy -Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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Post by guinevere on Sept 26, 2004 11:20:10 GMT -5
amazin', ain't it? I wear a pin on my Borders nametag that says "I read banned books"...and I used to have a T that gave a shorter list. "Catcher in the Rye" wasn't a banned book when I was growing up, but my mother saw me reading it (got it from the library) and pitched a holy fit. Of course, she hadn't read it, but proclaimed it "filth" all the same.
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Post by Nie on Sept 28, 2004 5:35:53 GMT -5
This is a list of the Top 100 Most Frequently CHallanged Books 1990-2000:
1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz 2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite 3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier 5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling 8. Forever by Judy Blume 9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman 12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier 13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 14. The Giver by Lois Lowry 15. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris 16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine 17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck 18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 19. Sex by Madonna 20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel 21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson 22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous 24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers 25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak 26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard 27. The Witches by Roald Dahl 28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein 29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry 30. The Goats by Brock Cole 31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane 32. Blubber by Judy Blume 33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan 34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam 35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier 36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry 37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George 39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 40. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras 41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 42. Beloved by Toni Morrison 43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel 45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard 46. Deenie by Judy Blume 47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden 49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar 50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz 51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein 52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) 54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole 55. Cujo by Stephen King 56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell 58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy 59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest 60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 61. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras 62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly 64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher 65. Fade by Robert Cormier 66. Guess What? by Mem Fox 67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende 68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney 69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 71. Native Son by Richard Wright 72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday 73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen 74. Jack by A.M. Homes 75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya 76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle 77. Carrie by Stephen King 78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume 79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer 80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge 81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein 82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole 83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King 84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez 87. Private Parts by Howard Stern 88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford 89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene 90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman 91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher 93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis 94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene 95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy 96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell 97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts 98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney 100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
You'll note that Where's Waldo made it to that list. This only proves to me that the world is full of stupidity and closed mindedness and makes me feel more like I'd rather be somewhere else sometimes...
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Post by Simply Panda on Sept 28, 2004 12:24:19 GMT -5
The Giver... jeez... sort of ironic isn't it... anyways... i make it a point to read books that have been banned(that's how I got into Harry Potter). I love um! oh... my favourite thing is when they ban books about banning books! or freedom of the press/literature in general.
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Calavera Diablos
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Post by Calavera Diablos on Sept 28, 2004 23:42:41 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that list, Nie. Yeah, of course. Personally, I didn't like "The Giver" that much, but naturally it's going to be banned. It's a book about challenging authority in a supposedly Utopian society. *Danger danger!* I loved "Catcher In The Rye" though. The thing is that well yeah, people are closed minded and stupid, but it's also a reminder to avidly defend your rights and help allow these marvellous voices to be heard in the face of adversity.
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Post by Lynn Nightshade on Sept 29, 2004 11:06:45 GMT -5
Fahrenheight 451 was such a great book. I'm tempted to go ad pick that one up again.
Now, in reference to Nie's list... how does the "Where's Waldo?" series stir up controversy? I honest to god to not see it. I loved those books when I was younger. And James and the Giant Peach? I just don't see it there either. Have I gone mad somehow?
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Post by Calavera Diablos on Sept 30, 2004 0:09:48 GMT -5
*snort* Maybe they've read too much Freud and they feel that the massive peach is a symbol for breasts, so inappropriate for children really! Along with them bloody anthropomorphic insects.
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Post by izera on Oct 5, 2004 16:21:34 GMT -5
What's wrong with Flowers for Algernon? As for Waldo...Maybe they thought he was going to strip after he lost all his other possessions...
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Post by S.S Tigress on Oct 9, 2004 20:25:28 GMT -5
Where's Waldo was banned when one of the books of the series contained a half naked lady in one of the pictures.
Seems to make sense but I think it silly to be banned nonetheless.
I love that I've heard of/read almost half of those books. I have a pin that says "Everything I need to know about life I've learned by reading banned books"
I love living in New England, where almost nothing is banned.
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Post by Me on Oct 9, 2004 23:17:14 GMT -5
A lot of the books on the list that I've read have been required reading for school.
Still though, books shouldn't be banned. I'm going to try to read as many as I can.
Goosebumps? Really. His Fear series gives me goosebumps.
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Post by S.S Tigress on Oct 10, 2004 12:12:56 GMT -5
Same here, in 8th grade we read To Kill A Mockingbird, in freshmen year at the public school I would've gone to they have to read Of Mice and Men (I hate that book, only read a chapter) and at my school the 20th century history class is required to read Brave New World. I've heard about that one, it seems way interesting.
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Post by hermoine on Mar 30, 2005 8:11:01 GMT -5
This has nothing to do with the Banned Books Week, but I was watching the news last week and they said that the Vatican has now banned The Da Vinci Code and I'm not sure if they have fined Dan Brown too. Seriously, these people take things far too seriously.
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Post by KoNeko on Mar 30, 2005 20:38:38 GMT -5
Really? How can they have the power to fine him? That's not cool. Although I know after the Da Vinci Code came out there were a whole heap of books and docos by priests and bishops and stuff about how it was all false and everything and Dan Brown was just tryinig to make money by refuting a 2,000 year old fact or something. Well, where did the proceeds of those books go then hey?
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Post by hermoine on Mar 31, 2005 15:41:53 GMT -5
Well we're talking about the Vatican. The church has a lot of power, especially when you're talking about it's head office.
Even when Harry Potter caome out, many books were written about how you can't be a christian and trust what the books say....blabber blabber blabber.
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Post by KoNeko on Apr 2, 2005 21:28:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I know the Vatican is really powerful and stuff, but I don't see how they can have the authority over someone who may be not Catholic or anything and say, "you've offended us, now give us some money as a fine" or something. It's like, if I wrote a book and then the Vatican said that to me, I wouldn't pay them! I don't owe them anything, so I'm just unclear as to why anyone would willingly pay them for that.
Yeah, apparently a lot of religious schools banned HP because of the whole witchcraft thing.
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