17 Banned Books You Read As A Child
Or as an adult…don’t judge me. In honor of Banned Books Week here’s a few novels you can pull out of the attic in order to stick it to the man.
Reasoning: Promotes witchcraft and main character has no moral story arc.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #1
Specific Example: Boston, Massachusetts
Reasoning: Profanity, encouraged disrespect of adults, death being central to the plot, encouraged secular humanism and/or satanism and blending of fantasy and reality.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #28
Specific Example: Cromwell, Connecticut
Reasoning: Insensitivity, encouraged disrespect towards adults and age inappropriate.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #13
Specific Example: Long Beach, New York
Reasoning: Questioning God/religious uncertainty and inappropriate dealings with the onset of puberty.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #99
Specific Example: So prevalent since the 1960s that news stories on it seem non-existant. Got an example? Leave it in the comments!
Reasoning: Tanning female with partially exposed breast on the beach.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 1990-1999: #87
Specific Example: Long Island, New York
Reasoning: Anti-religious/Christian propaganda, main characters drink and imbibe drugs (poppy).
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #8
Specific Example: Austin, Texas
Reasoning: Encouraged children to engage in socially unacceptable behavior, profanity and promoted gambling.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 1990-1999: #96
Specific Example: La Paz, Indiana
Reasoning: Profanity and the villain is never punished for her cruelty.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #43
Specific Example: As with Judy Blume’s other novel, this book has been banned for decades so finding a specific example is pretty difficult. Have one for me? Leave it in the comments!
Reasoning: Inappropriate for age group, desensitizes children to murder and encouraged violence as entertainment, drug use.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2010: #5
Specific Example: Goffstown, New Hampshire
Reasoning: Communist and racist overtones, profanity, too scary for age group, encouraged disrespect of adults.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 1990-1999: #50
Specific Example: Toledo, Ohio
Reasoning: Attempted marital rape of the main character and violence.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #91
Specific Example: Kansas City, Missouri
Reasoning: Profanity, racial slurs and harsh depiction of racism in the South.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #66
Specific Example: Orlando, Florida
Reasoning: Encouraged sexual promiscuity, euthanasia, belittles motherhood and family, violence, inappropriate themes, and disrespect of the elderly.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #23
Specific Example: San Dimas, California
Reasoning: Inappropriate themes, explicit sexuality and offensive language.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2010: #10
Specific Example: San Juan Capistrano, California
Reasoning: Violence, misogyny, promotion of witchcraft and too scary for age group.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 1990-1999: #22
Specific Example: Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Reasoning: Promotion of witchcraft and crystal balls and anti-religious undertones.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #90
Specific Example: Waterloo, Iowa
Reasoning: The series was banned for violence, inappropriate themes, and being too scary for age group.
Position on American Library Association List Of Banned Books 2000-2009: #94
Specific Example: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Bellaluna a year agoOkay, with most of the reasons makes no sense. But the two that ignores common sense is Blubber and Where’s Waldo (Wally.) With Blubber, “the villain is never punished for her cruelty.” I hate to say it, but the real world is not a book or movie (unless it’s a non fiction book and a documentary,) and sometime bullies get away with it (not all the time, just sometimes.) And Where’s Wally, kids aren’t looking for boobies, they’re looking for wally or Waldo, or whatever the hell his name is.
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Lillithdv8 a year agoTwilight is offensive because it’s bad literature. It’s the bimbo of books
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Lillithdv8 a year ago
Where’s Waldo “Tanning female with partially exposed breast on the beach” Seriously? That’s the selling point for most commercials & Jersey Shore
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corys2 a year agoI found the title “Banned Books” to be SO misleading as a kid, I had the idea that the US government didn’t want ANYONE reading those books at one point and I lived in a time that just recovered from a Fahrenheit 911-esque society.
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rachel707 a year agoI recently read the Hunger Games books and was honestly shocked it was listed as Young Adult fiction. Fantastic book but I can see a whole lot of kids not prepared for the content. Then again, having a piece of literature open up new topics and ideas seems way better than putting sheltered adults out into the “real world” or worse yet, having to experience bad things first hand.
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Diana a year agoMy bookstore has the Twilight books in the childrens’ section. A teenage fiction section exists, but it’s right smack in the middle of childrens’ lit. I’m no prude, and I think children should absolutely be sexually educated and encouraged to learn about it… but really? Twilight? For kids younger than teenagers? Next to pat the bunny?
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Douglas Heidland a year agoOther than the Twilight series, which is literary trash, I am going to go out and buy the three of these that I don’t already own just to be sure that my kid has them available for reading.
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silverblink a year ago
despite this article, many of these books weren’t “banned” but “challenged”. when someone has a problem with a book, they fill out a complaint, it then goes to the board and they look at the library’s collection development policy. this document tells board how to act when this kind of situation arises. for the most part, they look at the book and basically try to justify it being in the collection. most books do not get banned because they have a legitimate reason for being in the collection. (but some DO get banned, thanks bible belt) speaking of which, the bible has been challenged! (ya, i went to library school (MSLS)
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zacharylazerfacem a year agoBanning books should be banned. It’s a violation of the constitution. yes, even for twilight. I actually like this Twilight craze. I think it’s sort of ridiculous, but I like knowing that as a culture there’s still things that teenaged girls will scream uncontrollably at.
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stevephengb a year ago
Oh c’mon… Are you for real? Today, kids just know everything just like adult. So why bother?
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SoShia a year agoI remember in 4th grade my classmates would fight over the Where’s Waldo books during recess. Yes we fought for books. We would get to leave by tables, and then one of us would run to the book shelf to grab it. I bet the people who banned these books don’t even understand the joy of running to read a book at recess. Or us listening to our teacher read the book outloud and us sitting on the carpet. I’m an avid read. I read roughly 3 books or more a week. Banning books hurts kids from learning the truth or just to expand their imagination. I’m glad I read all of these.
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