{"id":448,"date":"2008-10-01T13:23:49","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T17:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2008-10-01T13:23:49","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T17:23:49","slug":"tuesday-thingers-which-banned-books-have-you-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Thingers: Which Banned Books Have You Read?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taken from Boston Bibliophile’s blog<\/a>: 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.\u00c2\u00a0 (I only have a few read books in my LibraryThing library<\/a> but you’re welcome to peek at them.)\u00c2\u00a0 <\/q><\/p>\n

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  1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Daddy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Roommate by Michael Willhoite<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Forever by Judy Blume<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  11. The Giver by Lois Lowry<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  17. The Color Purple by Alice Walker<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  18. Sex by Madonna<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. Earth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak<\/span><\/li>\n
  22. The Witches by Roald Dahl<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Engle<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  24. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein<\/span><\/li>\n
  25. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  26. The Goats by Brock Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  27. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard<\/span><\/li>\n
  28. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry<\/span><\/li>\n
  29. Final Exit by Derek Humphry<\/span><\/li>\n
  30. Blubber by Judy Blume<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  31. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam<\/span><\/li>\n
  32. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George<\/span><\/li>\n
  33. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane<\/span><\/li>\n
  34. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison<\/span><\/li>\n
  35. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras<\/span><\/li>\n
  36. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers<\/span><\/li>\n
  37. The Handmaid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tale by Margaret Atwood<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  38. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  39. The Pigman by Paul Zindel<\/span><\/li>\n
  40. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  41. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier<\/span><\/li>\n
  42. Deenie by Judy Blume<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  43. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  44. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden<\/span><\/li>\n
  45. Beloved by Toni Morrison<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  46. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar<\/span><\/li>\n
  47. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz<\/span><\/li>\n
  48. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  49. Cujo by Stephen King<\/span><\/li>\n
  50. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl<\/span><\/li>\n
  51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein<\/span><\/li>\n
  52. Ordinary People by Judith Guest<\/span><\/li>\n
  53. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis<\/span><\/li>\n
  54. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley<\/span><\/li>\n
  55. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)<\/span><\/li>\n
  56. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard<\/span><\/li>\n
  57. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  58. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras<\/span><\/li>\n
  59. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell<\/span><\/li>\n
  60. Are You There, God? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  61. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy<\/span><\/li>\n
  62. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly<\/span><\/li>\n
  63. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher<\/span><\/li>\n
  64. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  65. Fade by Robert Cormier<\/span><\/li>\n
  66. Guess What? by Mem Fox<\/span><\/li>\n
  67. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  68. Lord of the Flies by William Golding<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  69. Native Son by Richard Wright<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  70. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fantasies by Nancy Friday<\/span><\/li>\n
  71. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen<\/span><\/li>\n
  72. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer<\/span><\/li>\n
  73. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende<\/span><\/li>\n
  74. Jack by A.M. Homes<\/span><\/li>\n
  75. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge<\/span><\/li>\n
  76. Family Secrets by Norma Klein<\/span><\/li>\n
  77. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole<\/span><\/li>\n
  78. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya<\/span><\/li>\n
  79. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle<\/span><\/li>\n
  80. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney<\/span><\/li>\n
  81. Carrie by Stephen King<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  82. The Dead Zone by Stephen King<\/span><\/li>\n
  83. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  84. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  85. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez<\/span><\/li>\n
  86. Private Parts by Howard Stern<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  87. Where\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Waldo? by Martin Hanford<\/span><\/li>\n
  88. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  89. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman<\/span><\/li>\n
  91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett<\/span><\/li>\n
  92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher<\/span><\/li>\n
  93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis<\/span><\/li>\n
  94. Jumper by Steven Gould<\/span><\/li>\n
  95. Christine by Stephen King<\/span><\/li>\n
  96. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene<\/span><\/li>\n
  97. That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  98. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy<\/span><\/li>\n
  99. The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain<\/span><\/li>\n
  100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Most of the highlighted books are ones I read in high school.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m going to read more of these books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Taken from Boston Bibliophile’s blog: 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.\u00c2\u00a0 (I only have a few read books in my LibraryThing… Continue reading Tuesday Thingers: Which Banned Books Have You Read?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[47,53],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-banned-book-week","tag-tuesday-thingers","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t