Top Banned Books of 2003

michaelzhao writes "The ALA (American Library Association) recently published the new 100 most frequently banned books list of 2003. Of the banned books, Harry Potter was in the number 7th place in the most frequently banned. Also included were 'Where's Waldo' and 'The Giver' along with 'Goosebumps' and 'How to Eat Fried Worms.' These books were banned from various public institutions. This means that they were banned from various public libraries and public schools around the nation. (private schools, libraries, and institutions of higher learning don't count) The ALA encourages the people of the United States to fight against the book bans and read a banned book today!"

Comments

Re:So What?

[CGP314]

Oh yes it should : )

Re:People are stupid.

[metrazol]

But...

I think excluding any book is pretty damn stupid, but it has it's minor upside...

Case in point: The Bridge to Terabethia
Dear god what a steamin' pile o' pulp that was when I was forced to read it in 4th grade. Oh man.

You have to wonder, although the majority of these challenges are due to "Moral" objections, could some front group of authors and literary critics, teachers, etc. be submitting challenges to save American school children from the torrent of crap taught in public schools?

If there is some shadowy cabal of righteous defenders of good lit, could somebody compile a list of "100 books that should've been pulled 'cause they suck ass" to compare? I bet you'd see 2 or 3 crossover hits, or misses, so to speak, and dozens upon dozens of titles like "God Hates idolaters: A childrens guide to hating foreign devils" and "WWJD? A/s/l wazzup lol!!1one"