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huffdaddy
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 Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: Banned Books |
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The Top 25 banned books
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/37480/a-long-shelf-life
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1. "Harry Potter" (Series) (J.K. Rowling)
2. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Harper Lee)
3. "The Color Purple" (Alice Walker)
4. "The Outsiders" (S.E. Hinton)
5. "Lord of the Flies" (William Golding)
6. "Of Mice and Men" (John Steinbeck)
7. "Goosebumps" (Series) (R.L. Stine)
8. "How to Eat Fried Worms" (Thomas Rockwell)
9. "The Catcher in the Rye" (J.D. Salinger)
10. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (Mark Twain)
11. "The Giver" (Lois Lowry)
12. "Brave New World" (Aldous Huxley)
13. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (Mark Twain)
14. "Captain Underpants" (Dav Pilkey)
15. "The Anarchist Cookbook" (William Powell)
16. "Carrie" (Stephen King)
17. "Flowers for Algernon" (Daniel Keyes)
18. "The Dead Zone" (Stephen King)
19. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (Maya Angelou)
20. "Go Ask Alice" (anonymous)
21. "American Psycho" (Bret Easton Ellis)
22. "The Chocolate War" (Robert Cormier)
23. "James and the Giant Peach" (Roald Dahl)
24. "The Pigman" (Paul Zindel)
25. "A Wrinkle in Time" (Madeleine L'Engle)
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riley
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS IS BANNED!
I have to go and buy that book now. I loved that book as a kid. |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: Banned Books |
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22. "The Chocolate War" (Robert Cormier)
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We were issued that to read in form one (grade 5?). The next day it was taken off us again - a parent had found a swear word and complained. I can't remember what book we ended up reading instead, but I still remember that 'The Chocolate War' contains a bad word. |
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riley
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: |
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huffdaddy wrote:
22. "The Chocolate War" (Robert Cormier)
We were issued that to read in form one (grade 5?). The next day it was taken off us again - a parent had found a swear word and complained. I can't remember what book we ended up reading instead, but I still remember that 'The Chocolate War' contains a bad word. |
Bought it here and read it. It was a good read. Definitely a good book for high school age students, not because of language, but because of the plot deals with some of what they deal with. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| Lolita is missing from that list. Lame. |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| Lolita is missing from that list. Lame. |
What kind of school library would have Lolita in the first place?
(the list is of the most challenged books in US school libraries). |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| Here's what that list says to me. A certain percentage of idiots will be offended by anything. The more popular a book is, the larger the number of people who will be offended by it. I mean, c'mon. James and the Giant Peach? WTF? |
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re:cursive
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:20 am Post subject: |
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I read 10 of them as part of my Primary and High school education.
Times are changing I guess. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| I read 10 of them as part of my Primary and High school education. |
I read 7. That list is f-ed up. Sometimes I just want to b*tch slap some people back into the real world. Hope I didn't offend anyone with that. |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| I read 7. That list is f-ed up. Sometimes I just want to b*tch slap some people back into the real world. Hope I didn't offend anyone with that. |
I'd be willing to bet that there's a connection between your filthy potty mouth and those seven little anti-bibles you managed to get your greasy little hands on as a child.
My count is 11. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
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| I read 7. That list is f-ed up. Sometimes I just want to b*tch slap some people back into the real world. Hope I didn't offend anyone with that. |
I'd be willing to bet that there's a connection between your filthy potty mouth and those seven little anti-bibles you managed to get your greasy little hands on as a child.
My count is 11. |
You just better f-ing hope we never end up together on some f-ing sh*tty island and I get a hold of a bloody shell first!  |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| I've read 16 of those books, only five as part of a class though. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
| Qinella wrote: |
| Lolita is missing from that list. Lame. |
What kind of school library would have Lolita in the first place?
(the list is of the most challenged books in US school libraries). |
Oh I thought it was a list of banned books. I guess the title, "banned books", threw me off. |
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HamuHamu
Joined: 01 May 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:37 am Post subject: |
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9 of the list were included in my schooling cirriculum.
James and the Giant Peach? What's wrong with THAT one? I've read it and I just can't think of what the problem is? |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| gang ah jee wrote: |
| Qinella wrote: |
| Lolita is missing from that list. Lame. |
What kind of school library would have Lolita in the first place?
(the list is of the most challenged books in US school libraries). |
Oh I thought it was a list of banned books. I guess the title, "banned books", threw me off. |
Sorry Q. "A list of 25 books considered so obscene by some parents that they decided to file a protest with their local school library" didn't fit in the subject line.  |
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