Banned Books Week

I'm a week late. The ALA sponsored Banned Books Week ended this past Saturday, but still I thought that it was interesting to note their top ten list of most challenged books for 2006:

• "And Tango Makes Three," by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, for homosexuality, anti-family and unsuited to age group.

• "Gossip Girls" series, by Cecily Von Ziegesar, for homosexuality, sexual content, drugs, unsuited to age group and offensive language.

• "Alice" series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, for sexual content and offensive language.

• "The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things," by Carolyn Mackler, for sexual content, anti-family, offensive language and unsuited to age group.

• "The Bluest Eye," by Toni Morrison, for sexual content, offensive language, and unsuited to age group.

• "Scary Stories" series, by Alvin Schwartz, for occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence and insensitivity.

• "Athletic Shorts," by Chris Crutcher, for homosexuality and offensive language.

• "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," by Stephen Chbosky, for homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language and unsuited to age group.

• "Beloved," by Toni Morrison, for offensive language, sexual content, and unsuited to age group.

• "The Chocolate War," by Robert Cormier, for sexual content, offensive language and violence.

I don't know the rest of you, but knowing that they are challenged just makes me want to read them more!