American Library Association: Most Challenged Books of 2011

Just in time to celebrate the American Library Association has released its "Top 10 Challenged Books of 2011" list. Though the may not carry all 10 (FYI, isn't on the list), here are the seven books or series of books you can find while perusing the shelves (courtesy of Mediabistro). 

1)      ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

2)      The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence

3)      The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

4)      Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: Nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint

5)      Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: Insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit

6)      What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
Reasons: Nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit

7)   To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reasons: Offensive language; racism

Not Carried at SLPL

1)      The Color of Earth (series) by Kim Dong Hwa
Reasons: Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

2)      My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
Reasons: Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

3)      Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: Drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit