Banned Books
To wrap up Banned Books Week, I just thought I'd point out some of the excellent works which ended up on the list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1999-2000, the most recent list I've seen published:
- The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier (#4)
- Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (#6)
- Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling (#7)
- The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (#13)
- The Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Paterson (#21)
- A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle (#22)
- In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak (#25)
- Anastasia Krupnik series, Lois Lowry (#29)
- Blubber, Judy Blume (#32)
- Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George (#38)
- The Pigman, Paul Zindel (#44)
- A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein (#51)
- Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, Judy Blume (#62)
- The House of Spirits, Isabel Allende (#67)
- Summer of My German Soldier, Bette Greene (#89)