Happy Banned Books Week

The American Library Association
September 23-30, 2006

An actual Harry Potter book burning.

It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
No it isn't! Nya, nya, I can't hear you.
Don't tell kids about sex and they'll never develop an interest in it themselves.

Forever by Judy Blume
Don't tell teenagers about teenagers having sex, it isn't as if they or their friends are doing it.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Don't let teens see angst so they'll be spared from ever feeling anger or using bad words themselves.

Cripes! This book is older than I am (published in July 1951). Get over it.

When I was fourteen it was something of a badge of honor to be seen carrying this book around.

I have a friend who named his son Holden in honor, and bought him a first edition for his first birthday.


The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
Don't tell kids that high school can be a place of peer control, bigotry and bullying. Moral ambiguity causes stress (in parents or assorted busybodies).

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