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The top 10 banned or challenged books of 2015
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http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-bible-top-10-challenged-books-2015-20160411-20160411-snap-htmlstory.html
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1. “Looking for Alaska,” by John Green
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group
2. “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E. L. James
Reasons: Sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and other (“poorly written,” “concerns that a group of teenagers will want to try it”)
3. “I Am Jazz,” by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
Reasons: Inaccurate, homosexuality, sex education, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group
4. “Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out,” by Susan Kuklin
Reasons: Anti-family, offensive language, homosexuality, sex education, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and other (“wants to remove from collection to ward off complaints”)
5. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” by Mark Haddon
Reasons: Offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and other (“profanity and atheism”)
6. The Bible
Reasons: Religious viewpoint
7. “Fun Home,” by Alison Bechdel
Reasons: Violence, and other (“graphic images”)
8. “Habibi,” by Craig Thompson
Reasons: Nudity, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group
9. “Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan,” by Jeanette Winter
Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and violence
10. “Two Boys Kissing,” by David Levithan
Reasons: Homosexuality, and other (“condones public displays of affection”)
Well, I guess I found a new reading list. I tried to read 50 Shades. I could not get through it. Not because I am against sexy content, but because it was so poorly written. The plot was crap from the first paragraph. It read like something a high school girl who has never been kissed thinks life is like.
And yet they allow porn on the computers.