Banned Books list 2011

Because of the unique person that I am, I will be buying and recommonding every book on this list.  Anytime something is banned is because the THEYS of the world don't want you to know or see about it....Screw that you can't tell me nothing.  This is not Taliban ruled lands....I can read whatever the hell I want and make my own choices. I am that capable as we all are to make our own grown up decisions! Thank you!! There is a lesson we can learn from the books they say stay away from......They have gulit of what they have done to destroy other cultures.   The American Library Association  also known as the ALA releases a report on banned and challenged books every year ahead of Banned Books Week, held in September.  The most-challenged books were Lauren Myracle’s ttyl and its sequels, because of sexual content  Here's the top 10 list for 2011's most-challenged books:

1) ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle;

TTYL is a novel written entirely in the IM conversations, is probably incomprehensible to most parents, and you always fear what you don’t understand. Whats there to ban?

  2) The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa;

A book about a single mom and her young daughter discovering her own sexuality.  That is ban worthy?


3) The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins;

The idea of a story about teenagers killing each other sitting in school libraries probably didn’t sit well with some parents in a post-Columbine world where school shootings have occured more often. It is the #1 movie so why the ban again???

4) My Mom's Having a Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler;

Wow God forbede a kid describing her mom's pregnancy month to month...this book is banned and I don't get why??

5) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie;

It is a first-person narrative from the viewpoint of a Native American teenager.  Detailing Arnold's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision, upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher, to go to an all-white high school. The novel deals with issues such as racism, poverty, alcholism, and the following of tradition. Why is this banned????????

   6) Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor;

The Alice series follows the main character, Alice McKinley, known as "Al" to her father and older brother as she grows up in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Alice series covers many topics, including relationships, dating, sex, friendship, life problems, families, God, and understanding. Wow banning this for real???

7) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley;

80 years later and the book is still being banned? Gimme a break!!!  The plot has Miranda  who was raised for most of her life on an isolated island, and the only people she ever knew were her father and his servants, an enslaved savage and spirits, namely Ariel. When she sees other people for the first time, she is understandably overcome with excitement, and utters, among other praise, the famous line above. However, what she is actually observing is not men acting in a refined or civilized manner, but rather drunken sailors staggering off the wreckage of their ship.

 8) What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones;

The free verse novel follows ninth-grader Sophie Stein as she struggles through the daily grind of being a freshman in high school, her romantic crushes and family life. Wow this just screams ban me...WTF are u for real this is banned???

 9) Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar;

Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series premiered on The CW in 2007. Narrated by the omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl",  the series revolves around the lives of privileged young adults on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City. This is banned oh really then??????? WTH???

    
 10) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

Perhaps the most baffling of the banned books over the past year is To Kill a Mockingbird, the seminal 1960 novel about the South by Harper Lee.People have asked for the book to be removed because it’s allegedly full of “racism and offensive language,”  This is a must read classic....screw what they say!!!!!