The banned books list

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Flogged fromyonmei , who flogged it from someone else...

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier - we studied this in year 10
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume - this one was controversial at my school. Which is probably why my entire class read it in year 8, passing it round the year level...
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson - we studied this in year 10 too. Can't actually think of a reason this one would be controversial at all, actually.
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger -and another year 10 book. I'm seriously wondering about my teachers now... ;-)
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine - read one. Bit too young for me.. :-(
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker - saw the film though...
19. Sex by Madonna - why would you bother? they did enough extracts in trashy mags that you could get the gist in the supermarket queue
20. Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel - I've read one of them anyway
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson -pretty sure I've read it, it sounds very familiar.
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle -again, this was controversial?
23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous - one of my friends, now a respected park ranger, did four book reviews (years 7-10) on this. Same review each time, of course, she just updated it slightly every year.
24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
27. The Witches by Roald Dahl - man, the far religous right can be humour impaired at times!
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
30. The Goats by Brock Cole
31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
32. Blubber by Judy Blume -it was the taking God's name in vain bit, wasn't it?
33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier - ?!?!? What?
36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry
37. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George - year 7, this one. Now I'm convinced my teachers were reading the banned lists to get ideas...
39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
40. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras -fairly sure this was at the Johnson&Johnson "Mothers and Daughters" night in grade 6...
41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - first read in grade 6 (by myself.) Studied in year 12. Love it.
42. Beloved by Toni Morrison
43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton -year 8 text I think. Cool movie too
44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel - year 9 text. Mr Donlan was definitely reading this list...
45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
46. Deenie by Judy Blume - bugger me, a Judy Blume I missed! Must have come out after I left school or something..
47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - year 10 text, from memory
48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein - thank God it wasn't "Flowers in the Attic". Now that I'd support banning...
52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - hee.
53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
55. Cujo by Stephen King
56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl - OK, another one I can't see the reason for banning. Wierd. Some people have far too much time on their hands
57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
61. What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras -they really don't want anyone noticing puberty, do they?
62. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume -don't recall anything particularly dodgy about this one
63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
65. Fade by Robert Cormier
66. Guess What? by Mem Fox - Again, ?!?!?
67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney -OK, on tact grounds maybe..
69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
71. Native Son by Richard Wright
72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday 73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
74. Jack by A.M. Homes
75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle -again with the puberty/babies/ohmigodsex thing
77. Carrie by Stephen King - probably the tampons
78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein
82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole - wtf is this about?
83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
87. Private Parts by Howard Stern -he's a wanker. Well der, really
88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford - hee!
89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene - No, not seeing it..
90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis - hey, I went to school with her!
94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell -I may actually have read this, but I can't remember for sure
97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Man, that was fun! :-)
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