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post #1 of 32
10/1/06 at 1:27pm
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Which ones have you read?
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post #2 of 32
10/1/06 at 1:30pm
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I've read about 30 of them. I'm not a huge horror fan. Some of these books were published after I was out of school or were not in my school library. I remember sneaking around to read Forever.
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post #3 of 32
10/1/06 at 1:33pm
Where is the list ?!?!?! I still have a copy of Forever
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post #4 of 32
10/1/06 at 1:37pm
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Whoops! Here it is - http://www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-banned-books.index.html

I was surprised so many Stephen King books were on the list.
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post #5 of 32
10/1/06 at 1:38pm
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Several of these books like The Chocolate War, A Day no Pigs would fly and Go Ask Alice were required reading when I was (breifly) an education major.
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post #6 of 32
10/1/06 at 4:18pm
I just scanned it and I have read at least 20 of them.
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post #7 of 32
10/1/06 at 4:19pm
I can't believe that the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is banned! That is so stupid! And Harry Potter is banned? The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic too! WTF is up with people? The Color Purple? OMG, even goosebumps are banned! My kids have a million of those!LOL! I think that these are pretty stupid ones to ban IMO.
Blubber was one of my all time favorites! Omigosh, I SO loved Flowers in the Attic! Gosh, there are TONS on this list that I have read.
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post #8 of 32
10/1/06 at 4:57pm
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Huck Finn is considered racist. I'm not sure why Tom Sawyer is on the list. Catch 22 is usually on that list as well as Lady Chatterly's lover. However, most romance novels written today are lot racier than LCL.
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post #9 of 32
10/1/06 at 5:15pm
why is James and the Giant Peach on it???
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post #10 of 32
10/1/06 at 5:24pm
This is SOOOO silly ... kids can just watch tv for far worse!!!!
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post #11 of 32
10/1/06 at 5:58pm
I scanned it and read about 25 of them. I have A LOT of them in my classroom library at school. Oh well. I have the complete Goosebumps collection. It's sometimes the ONLY books boys in my class will read.

To Kill a Mockingbird is my all time favorite book. Read it in high school and many times since.
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post #12 of 32
10/1/06 at 8:28pm
I've read 28 of the books on the list. And I know why The Color Purple is listed, if you've read the book instead of just seen the movie.. you'll understand.
Now.. there are A LOT of them I agree with banning.. but. there are more that I disagree with banning, Blubber and Are there God, it's me Margret were some of my favorite books.
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post #13 of 32
10/2/06 at 9:11am
And what, exactly, are this books banned from?
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post #14 of 32
10/2/06 at 9:13am
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i'm not sure. Probably schools and public libraries. Although most public libraries delight in having and displaying banned books.
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post #15 of 32
10/2/06 at 9:22am
This list says 2002. I saw the HP books in the kids' school library while here in OH and we moved here in 2003. Guess it's not just the public libraries that relish the naughtiness of displaying them!!
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post #16 of 32
10/2/06 at 9:39am
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy - A.N. Roquelaure
Now these books SHOULD be banned! Has anyone else read them?

a few of those books like To Kill a Mockingbird and Bridge to Terabithia were required reading when I was in Middle school.
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post #17 of 32
10/2/06 at 9:49am
Forever
Deenie
Are you there God? It’s Me, Margaret.
A Wrinkle in Time (Required in 7th grade)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Required in 9th grade)

I'm surprised there were so many Judy Blume books in there. I loved her stuff when I was in elementary school and Jr. high.
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post #18 of 32
10/2/06 at 9:55am
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No, I haven't, Elaine. Are they really hot and spicy? Sounds like something I might like.
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post #19 of 32
10/2/06 at 11:12am
Ok call me dumb, but where are they banned from, schools? I had to read The Catcher in the Rye in school and do a book report on it.
There are so many on there that should not be. I read alot of those in school and there were in the school library
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post #20 of 32
10/4/06 at 9:04am
Here's a link to a 2004 list ... http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Sect...ontentID=86967

http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedboo...dbooksweek.htm
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post #21 of 32
10/4/06 at 6:24pm
Elaine I've read them. I'm a huge Anne Rice fan so when I found out they were hers I went looking for them

Why is "the bridge to terabitha" on the list? or "The Giver"?, "how to eat fried worms" (isn't is a movie now?) "A wrinkle in time"? "A light in the attic" These are some of my FAVORITE books from childhood. I can't wait to read them to Gabe.

Some of them probably shouldn't be read by young children but then put them behind the counter at the library so only adults can check them out. Geez.
I've read 40 of them, I must be a rebel
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post #22 of 32
10/5/06 at 9:05am
Our school library has a YA (young adults) section behind the counter. It mostly has those comic strip/fighting books the boys like but there are a few "classics" there too. Those books are allowed to be taken out if a student has a parent sign a form saying its ok.
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post #23 of 32
10/5/06 at 9:29am
You gotta be kidding me--The Adventures of Huck Finn? I love that book!
And Bridge to Teribithia? The Giver? Blubber?
The Color Purple? To Kill A Mockingbird? The Outsiders? Ordinary People? GREAT BOOKS!
Here's what I have read:

Huck Finn
Forever
The Giver
The Color Purple
Go Ask Alice
Blubber
To Kill a Mockingbird
Julie of the Wolves
Beloved
The Outsiders
Deenie
Ordinary People
Are You There, God? It's me, Margaret? (one of my favorite books!)
The Face on the Milk Carton
Tiger Eyes
A Wrinkle in Time (didn't care much for this book, but I can't see why it's banned!)
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post #24 of 32
10/5/06 at 1:21pm
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Personally, I think Huck Finn and I know why the caged bird sings should be read in a classroom situation. They contain topics that should and need to be discussed in an academic setting. Racism and slavery are still very touchy topics, but they should not be avioded either. We're not going to solve intolerance by never talking about it, but it is a touchy subject and does need to be discussed in safe academic and home situations.
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post #25 of 32
10/5/06 at 1:26pm
And you know, there is so much more to Huck Finn than that. Huck LOVES Jim and vice versa. They almost have a father-son relationship, and I think that often gets overlooked because of the racial issues in the book.
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post #26 of 32
10/5/06 at 2:21pm
While I don't agree with banning books some of them I know why they've been banned (sex, religion, racism). There are a few on the list though I don't even understand why they were banned. I wonder if there's a place that would tell us "WHY" some of them were banned.
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post #27 of 32
10/5/06 at 2:31pm
I think that a book should only be banned if it is instructional regarding illegal activity--like detailing how to get away with murder, stalking, child molestation, incest, etc.
Just because a book addresses a controversial subject doesn't mean it should be banned, IMO.
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post #28 of 32
10/5/06 at 2:36pm
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All the more reason to discuss it, Tammy! It seems stupid our children may have trouble accessing Tom Swayer at school and yet, they can easily find bomb making information on the internet. BTW, between various universities and the Library of Congress several of these books that are out of copywrite are available for free on the internet as well.
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post #29 of 32
10/5/06 at 2:45pm
I know what you mean, Lenora! I was thinking about how easy it is to find books or sites on topics like I listed above, but then Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret is banned for whatever reason. It is so senseless.
The way I see it, we can't ban books that have references to slavery/racism, homosexuality, or other "sensitive" or controversial topics because it doesn't make the reality of those things go away. I would much rather have my children read about these things and then we can discuss them than to pretend that they don't exist and have naive kids who get smacked in the face with reality one day when they are totally unprepared for it. It's illogical to me to do that. No reasonable person would disagree that the Holocaust was horrific, and believe me, I have studied it and taught it, and it is unpleasant (to say the least) to rehash, but we can't stop teaching about it and educating future generations about it just because it's not pretty. They have to know it happened so it won't happen again, so that they can be more enlightened and watchful. The same concept applies to those other topics that these fanatics think justify banning great and worthwhile books.
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post #30 of 32
10/5/06 at 2:49pm
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I read Annie on my mind (a book about lesbianism) and some of "gay" books on that list. I think they are necessary componets in any public school library, because some kids are gay. They need help and reassurance as much or more through that awkward puberity and teen stage. BTW, my university required some of those books for all education majors to read. Annie on my mind was one of them.
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