BANNED BOOKS WEEK
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Sept. 22 – 28, 2013
List of the top ten challenged books of 2012
1.   Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey.Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group
2.   The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
3.   Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group
4.   Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
5.   And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group
6.   The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
7.   Looking for Alaska, by John Green.Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
8.   Scary Stories (series), by Alvin SchwartzReasons: Unsuited for age group, violence
9.   The Glass Castle, by Jeanette WallsReasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
10.   Beloved, by Toni MorrisonReasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence