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Old 08-13-2003, 02:06 PM   #41 (permalink)
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5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling

13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

27. The Witches by Roald Dahl
ROALD DAHL??? WHAT ON EARTH ? Who are these people that make up these lists... 50 years ago, we had a black list of banned books by the church as well. There was 1 book in there called "Pallieter". The sole reason why it was banned was the following sentence: "And then Pallieter went swimming in his bare parts (skinny-dipping) in the Nete (a local river)..."
Apparently this stuff is still going on? Banning books because of ridiculous reasons...
Just for the record: Roald Dahl writes children stories and is damn good at it too (or was anyway, he's dead) with a bit of an edge maybe, but it's over 10 years old... Why ban it now?

33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
This one is kind of morbid in a peerpressure way, but still...

52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Duh


6. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
MORE ROALD DAHL? Argl... Some people...

57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Figures... Oh well, nothing that shocking that you can't find on the net anyway.

60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Lol, good one

84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Meh... Getting depressed

88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Those books aren't available here, but from the net I can guess the content But then, if they ban Dahl, I'm not surprised.

hmm, only 10 books, I need to work through that list some time...
edit: it says "most challenged books". Is that the same as banned or not?
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