BANNED BOOK WEEK

ALA's Top 10 list of "challenged" books of 2008

By The Associated Press The Associated Press – 57 mins ago

Here is the American Library Association's list of top 10 most frequently challenged books of 2008, their author and the cited reasons:

_"And Tango Makes Three," by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group.

_"His Dark Materials trilogy," by Philip Pullman. Reasons: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and violence.

_"TTYL" (series), by Lauren Myracle. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group.

_"Scary Stories" (series), by Alvin Schwartz. Reasons: occult/Satanism, religious viewpoint, and violence.

_"Bless Me, Ultima," by Rudolfo Anaya. Reasons: occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, and violence.

_"The Perks of Being a Wallflower," by Stephen Chbosky. Reasons: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group.

_"Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group.

_"Uncle Bobby's Wedding," by Sarah S. Brannen. Reasons: homosexuality and unsuited to age group.

_"The Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini. Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group.

_"Flashcards of My Life," by Charise Mericle Harper. Reasons: sexually explicit and unsuited to age group.