“It’s Perfectly Normal” tops ALA’s 2005 list of most challenged books
Here are the top challenged books this last year:
“It’s Perfectly Normal” for homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age group;
“Forever” by Judy Blume for sexual content and offensive language;
“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger for sexual content, offensive language and being unsuited to age group;
“The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier for sexual content and offensive language;
“Whale Talk” by Chris Crutcher for racism and offensive language;
“Detour for Emmy” by Marilyn Reynolds for sexual content;
“What My Mother Doesn’t Know” by Sonya Sones for sexual content and being unsuited to age group;
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey for anti-family content, being unsuited to age group and violence;
“Crazy Lady!” by Jane Leslie Conly for offensive language; and
“It’s So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families” by Robie H. Harris for sex education and sexual content.
Boy, these folks need to read some new books! Some of these titles have been under attack for years and years. Let’s give them a break and find some new books to question.
Seriously, the good news is that some of the old guard have fallen off the list like Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, and the Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.