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Note please that I was an American History and Literature major in college.


3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
19. Sex by Madonna
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
32. Blubber by Judy Blume
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
46. Deenie by Judy Blume
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
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
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett


I wrote an end-of-term paper in graduate school on one of the above books. Got an A on it, actually. I'm going to attempt a crossover between that book and HP for the FA challenge. No promises, though.

By the way, in a recent poll 50% of Americans said that the First Amendment gives us too much freedom.

Date: 2002-09-27 07:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poisonedchrysis.livejournal.com
wait, i don't get it... these are books that have been banned by schools?

*is indignant*

a wrinkle in time? to kill a mockingbird? heather has two mommies?

...where's waldo?!?

Date: 2002-09-27 11:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jlh.livejournal.com
Not banned, just challenged--which is bad enough. The full list is here (http://www.ala.org/bbooks/top100bannedbooks.html). I don't really get the Where's Waldo bit either. But you can see the theme of race, sex or non-Christian elements in books that will be read by children or teens. Your usual "I don't want my kids exposed to that" bullshit.

It's Banned Books Week, and they were doing a crossover thing at FA, but I didn't get mine written in time (unless I do it before 7pm tonight, which I doubt). I was going to do a crossover between HP and Sex using Madonna's essay on her vagina ("I love my pussy . . . ") but rewritten to be about a broom. Wasn't sure if Oliver or Harry was speaking or how "metaphoric" to be. Ah well, perhaps if I get home in time this evening . . .

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