ALA Top Ten List of the Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010

It's that time again!  The annual release of the top ten most frequently challenged books.  And Tango Makes Three is still going strong.  You'd think it'd fade out, but apparently not.

1. And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: Homosexuality, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group

2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Offensive language, Racism, Sex Education, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group, Violence

3. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: Insensitivity, Offensive Language, Racism, Sexually Explicit

4. Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: Drugs, Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit

5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group, Violence

6. Lush, by Natasha Friend
Reasons: Drugs, Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group

7. What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: Sexism, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group

8. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Reasons: Drugs, Inaccurate, Offensive Language, Political Viewpoint, Religious Viewpoint

9. Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit

10. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: Religious Viewpoint, Violence

News

Interesting article on the life of Roald Dahl. From The New York Times Magazine.

It's nice to see that Lane Smith's It's a Book is already doing well. From MiamiHerald.com.

Nikole Hasler, of the Mid-West Teen Sex Show podcast, now has a book, Sex: A Guide for Teens. Here's an interview with her. Nikole, it breaks my heart you don't do the podcast anymore. From Authors Unleashed.

What do people know about Diaspora? I've been following this since end of school last year, and I am intrigued, although not completely convinced it is the answer to all our Facebook woes. From School Library Journal.

Along with Sherman Alexi's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak is being challenged. In the same general area too. From Southeast Missourian and Laurie Halse Anderson's web site.