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TOPIC: Book Burning
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Book Burning 13 Years, 7 Months ago
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Well as near as damn it!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11417672
The Twilight series has brought author Stephanie Meyer millions, but she has also found her work in the top 10 most challenged, with parents objecting to sexual explicitness and unsuitability for younger readers.
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10 most challenged of 2009
* •ttyl, ttfn, l8r, g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle: Drugs, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson: Homosexuality
* The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky: Anti-family, drugs, homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group
* To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group
* Twilight (series)by Stephenie Meyer: Religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult: Drugs, homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexism, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group, violence
* The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* The Color Purple by Alice Walker: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier: Nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* Source: ALA
More surprising to many people would be the three established literary classics on the list. The 10 most challenged include The Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple and even To Kill A Mockingbird.
Coming to a UK school very soon. No doubt. Cotton wool kids..forget it. What we will have are robots not people, being programed to love or destroy in sixty seconds. Perhaps that's the plan. How ultimately depressing. I want to live in a world of people, not automated daleks thankyou very much. What the fucking hell is wrong with some people? And why are they in charge? |
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