Title: What Makes a Banned Book? | Education.com
Headings: What Makes a Banned Book?
What Makes a Banned Book?
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Content: Franco admits that parents will not understand this book as well as teenage boys will, but says she wanted to present the uncensored accounts of teenage boys without the filter of adult sensibility. Here are just a few of the banned books, per the ALA, that you may recognize from the last few years: The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier for sexual content, offensive language and violence. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman for religious viewpoints. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker for homosexuality, sexual content, and offensive language. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou for sexual content. The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky for homosexuality, sexually content, and offensive language. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain for racism. Off the list in recent years, but included in years past, are the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Beloved by Toni Morrison. Banned for younger readers were The Great Gilly Hopkins and Bridge to Terabithia, both by Katherine Paterson.