Happy Banned Book Week

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No to book banning. No to book burning. If a child is willing to read anything, be thankful. If you don't want your child reading a particular book for a particular reason, then don't let him, but don't deny access for anyone else.

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No to book banning. No to book burning. If a child is willing to read anything, be thankful. If you don't want your child reading a particular book for a particular reason, then don't let him, but don't deny access for anyone else.

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Yes, even I have fat fingers sometimes.

Now.. back on track.

It was an interesting site.. I read that yesterday and was appalled at the books that some numb nuts in Bum Fuck NowheresVille have decided to ban over the years. I amazes me how many Americans really do hate so many of the things that are supposed to be what makes America what it CLAIMS to be.

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the american classic huckleberry finn is a banned book !

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Mark Twain is oft-credited with saying, "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." German poet Heinrich Heine more seriously addressed the matter in an 1821 play, warning, "Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people."

The prediction came 112 years before Nazis burned thousands of books in a public square. The quote from Heine, whose books were among those burned in 1933, is engraved in the ground at the Bebelplatz to remind people of the tragic day

Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1. Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
2. Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
4. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
5. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
7. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
8. His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
9. ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series), by Myracle, Lauren
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
11. Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
12. It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
13. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
14. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
15. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
16. Forever, by Judy Blume
17. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
18. Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
19. Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
20. King and King, by Linda de Haan
21. To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
22. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
23. The Giver, by Lois Lowry
24. In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
25. Killing Mr. Griffen, by Lois Duncan
26. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
27. My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier
28. Bridge To Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
29. The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline B. Cooney
30. We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
31. What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
32. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
33. Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
34. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
35. Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging, by Louise Rennison
36. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
37. It’s So Amazing, by Robie Harris
38. Arming America, by Michael Bellasiles
39. Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
40. Life is Funny, by E.R. Frank
41. Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher
42. The Fighting Ground, by Avi
43. Blubber, by Judy Blume
44. Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
45. Crazy Lady, by Jane Leslie Conly
46. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
47. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, by George Beard
48. Rainbow Boys, by Alex Sanchez
49. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey
50. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
51. Daughters of Eve, by Lois Duncan
52. The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
53. You Hear Me?, by Betsy Franco
54. The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole
55. Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Green
56. When Dad Killed Mom, by Julius Lester
57. Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause
58. Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going
59. Olive’s Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
60. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
61. Draw Me A Star, by Eric Carle
62. The Stupids (series), by Harry Allard
63. The Terrorist, by Caroline B. Cooney
64. Mick Harte Was Here, by Barbara Park
65. The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien
66. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor
67. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
68. Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez
69. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
70. Harris and Me, by Gary Paulsen
71. Junie B. Jones (series), by Barbara Park
72. Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
73. What’s Happening to My Body Book, by Lynda Madaras
74. The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
75. Anastasia (series), by Lois Lowry
76. A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
77. Crazy: A Novel, by Benjamin Lebert
78. The Joy of Gay Sex, by Dr. Charles Silverstein
79. The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss
80. A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
81. Black Boy, by Richard Wright
82. Deal With It!, by Esther Drill
83. Detour for Emmy, by Marilyn Reynolds
84. So Far From the Bamboo Grove, by Yoko Watkins
85. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher
86. Cut, by Patricia McCormick
87. Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
88. The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
89. Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissenger
90. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle
91. Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
92. The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar
93. Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard
94. Goosebumps (series), by R.L. Stine
95. Shade’s Children, by Garth Nix
96. Grendel, by John Gardner
97. The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende
98. I Saw Esau, by Iona Opte
99. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
100. America: A Novel, by E.R. Frank

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the american classic huckleberry finn is a banned book !

Only in the neighborhoods controlled by morons.

Anyone that was moved to ban the book based on a few words in it, doesn't understand the book as a whole.

I'd also say that's typically how these things get banned. Some chucklehead skims the book looking for any "offensive" words without actually reading them. Idiots.

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Ever notice how many banned books end up being movies???

AND usually end up makin some MAD bank for the authors

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I can understand not having certain books in the children's section of the library but banning is another cop out by people afraid of their own decision making ability and shrugging off their own accountability and responsibility. If you're that against it, don't read it, protest against it even. Litigation has no place.

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No to book banning. No to book burning. If a child is willing to read anything, be thankful. If you don't want your child reading a particular book for a particular reason, then don't let him, but don't deny access for anyone else.

But I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be overly upset if any of the bibles were baneed.

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/28/in-tradition-of-twain-authors-lash-out-at-censors-this-week
No to book banning. No to book burning. If a child is willing to read anything, be thankful. If you don't want your child reading a particular book for a particular reason, then don't let him, but don't deny access for anyone else.

But I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be overly upset if any of the bibles were baneed.

We've been over this ground before. I said it then, I'll say it again, "No to book banning. No to book burning." That includes them all; yes, bibles too.

Ironically, I'll also defend your right to burn them if you wish for the reasons of protest. But I'll think you're wrong for doing so.

I know, that confuses some people . . . pity.

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Hi A-z,
#49, Cuckoo's nest by Kesey got the ax but The Electric Koolaid Acid Test by Tom Wolf made the cut?? What gives? Acid Test is all about Kesey!! If ya' read one ya' gotta' read the other!! 'Sure puts it all in perspective. As Kesey dedicates Cuckoo's Nest to his friend from the Menlo Park Vets' Hospital Vik Lovel of whom he says," He told me Dragons did not exist than led me to their lairs." Read on.

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thank you amazin Amazon !

Ever notice how many banned books end up being movies???
AND usually end up makin some MAD bank for the authors

what about movies about burning books ?
fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury-

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thank you amazin Amazon !

Ever notice how many banned books end up being movies???

AND usually end up makin some MAD bank for the authors

what about movies about burning books ?
fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury-

I would say its a comentary about those who would seek to codify their own stupidity into ludicrous laws meant to oppress others.

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Hi A-z,
#49, Cuckoo's nest by Kesey got the ax but The Electric Koolaid Acid Test by Tom Wolf made the cut?? What gives?

Popularity. To build up the challenges a book usually needs to be well known, well read or of great literary/social/historical value (and hence often given/taught to kids).

Which is why there are so many campaigns against so many absolute classics.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

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you're right , and it was on your list,
i've only read 7 of them ,
i need to get to getting !

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I've read 26 of those. I wonder what the average is?

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I've read 26 of those.

Ah, but how many of those 26 were part of the Captain Underpants series?

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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/28/in-tradition-of-twain-authors-lash-out-at-censors-this-week
No to book banning. No to book burning. If a child is willing to read anything, be thankful. If you don't want your child reading a particular book for a particular reason, then don't let him, but don't deny access for anyone else.

But I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be overly upset if any of the bibles were baneed.

We've been over this ground before. I said it then, I'll say it again, "No to book banning. No to book burning." That includes them all; yes, bibles too.

Ironically, I'll also defend your right to burn them if you wish for the reasons of protest. But I'll think you're wrong for doing so.

I know, that confuses some people . . . pity.

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Interesting. Of the one's I have read, maybe two-thirds were elementary and high school assignments.

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Number 38 is a piece of crap written by a sack of shit, but I still wouldn't ban it. Just put a pamphlet inside the cover mentioning the fact that he lost his job, his grant, and his Bancroft award for his actions, and let it sit on the shelves.

However, like Paul, I happen to believe folksnshpuld be allowed to do things that I disagree with or that I would not choose to do. I also agree with Voltaire who said, "I do not agree with a word you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it."

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Interesting. Of the one's I have read, maybe two-thirds were elementary and high school assignments.

I remember the up roar about the Judy Blume books. I read them in the fourth grade. All the up roar just made me want to read them that much more.

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