I want to give a big shout out to the hosting blogs of this awesome hop ~ I Read Banned Books and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer. Libraries and books have been a huge part of my life for my entire life. Growing up, I was a regular at our small town library and as an adult, I have worked in libraries for over 20 years.
Banned Books Week is the national book community's annual celebration of the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events. The 2012 celebration of Banned Books Week will be held from September 30 through October 6. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982. For more information on Banned Books Week, click here. According to the American Library Association, there were 326 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2011, and many more go unreported.
The 10 most challenged titles of 2011 were:
ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
The Hunger Games (trilogy), by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
Reasons: offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit
Reasons: nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit
Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit
Reasons: drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Reasons: offensive language; racism
Reasons: offensive language; racism
Source: http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/
The Book Bag's giveaway will be any book (up to $20) from the top 10 list of challenged books from 2011. This giveaway is open internationally if The Book Depository ships to you. If the challenged book is part of a series, the winner can select any one of the books in the series.
I would pick The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
ReplyDeleteI would choose Gossip Girl. I have never read the book or watched the series, but is sounds interesting. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'd pick The Hunger Games!
ReplyDeleteI'd pick To Kill A Mockingbird. I have read the translation (in Indonesian language) and want to reread in the original version. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to read THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, since I love Sherman Alexie's other books.
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I would probably pick The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Thanks for the great giveaway!!
ReplyDeletei would pick one book from the hunger game strilogy
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I'd choose hunger games!
ReplyDeleteI'd choose The Color of Earth. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'd choose To Kill a Mockingbird. Thank you for the international giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI`d choose Catching Fire.
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins OR Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor OR To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
ReplyDeleteI would choose What My Mother Doesn't Know. I've heard good things!
ReplyDeleteI would pick To Kill a Mockingbird. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway!!
Marijana Sitar
The Hunger Games thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeleteI think I'd pick What My Mother Doesn't Know. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteEither The Color of Earth Series or What my Mother Doesn't Know. julierupert@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for this amazing giveaway - I would love to win and get The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie!
ReplyDeleteI think I'd pick The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
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ReplyDeleteI would choose Gossip Girl love the show so I want to read the series!
ReplyDeleteI'd choose Gossip Girl. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is the book I would select. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteI would choose To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
ReplyDeleteI would choose To Kill a Mockingbird
ReplyDeleteI might pick Catching Fire.
ReplyDeleteI'd like the Hunger Games. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI would choose the Color of Earth - thanks!
ReplyDeleteI think ttyl!
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LEanne
I would choose The Hunger Games. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI would pick The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian..thanks for the hop!
ReplyDeleteI would choose Brave new World or What My Mother Doesn't Know.
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games
ReplyDeleteRight now probably either Brave new world or The Colour of earth.
ReplyDeleteI'd pick one of the Hunger Games books.
ReplyDeleteI'd love a copy of Mockingjay please!
ReplyDeleteI'd pick one of the Hunger Games books as well :)
ReplyDeleteWhat My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones :)
ReplyDeleteBook 1 from The Color of Earth series - I like mangas and would like to see if this one is really that different as others with mature content I've read.
ReplyDeleteThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
ReplyDeleteI would choose What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway!
I would probably choose The Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteBrave New World or To Kill a Mockingbird. I've read a lot of banned YA, but not many adult/classics.
ReplyDeleteProbably The Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteI would pick What my mother doesn't know by Sonya Sones. Seems interesting.
ReplyDeletethank you for this giveaway!
I'd totally pick The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
ReplyDeleteCatching Fire from the Hunger Games
ReplyDeleteThe Absolute true diary... Indian
ReplyDeleteI'd choose ttyl! I am very interested in the epistolary style of reading and would love to read this book! Thanks for the chance to win! =)
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Probably The Gossip Girl.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd choose Gossip Girl :)
ReplyDeleteCatching Fire from the Hunger Games trilogy
ReplyDeleteI'd like to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
I think I'd choose the Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd choose one of the Harry Potter series
ReplyDeleteHi Susan ;) I would love to have Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor :D Thank you for the giveaway! :D - Ara
ReplyDeleteI'd choose Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteI would pick "Alice", thank you!!
ReplyDeleteTo Kill a Mockingbird.
ReplyDeleteThe Color of Earth
ReplyDeleteI think I would choose The Color of Earth, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games! :)
ReplyDeleteI'd choose To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee!Very nice to know you're directly connected to books!!:)
ReplyDeleteI'd like What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones.
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
l8r, g8r!!
ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway
I would choose To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
ReplyDeleteI would pick What My Mother Doesn't Know
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games are my fav.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to read ttyl. I've only recently heard about this series and I'm curious about it!
ReplyDeletemockinjay or ttyl!
ReplyDeleteI would probably pick The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games Trilogy! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI would probably pick The Color of Earth. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome giveaway, I would probably choose Brave New World.
ReplyDeleteI'd pick The Color of the Earth
ReplyDeleteI would pick The Hunger Games #1 by Suzanne Collins.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! :)
Catching fire.
ReplyDeleteWhat my Mother Doesn't Know.
ReplyDeleteI would love to get ttyl by Lauren Myracle. Thanks for the great giveaway and for making it international!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to try the Alice series.
ReplyDeleteI would choose TTYL, Thanks so much for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteEither the second or third hunger games book! Thanks!
ReplyDeletenot sure maybe hunger games, carawling(at)hotmail(Dot)com
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian~
ReplyDeleteI'd pick the Hunger Games (book 1) by Suzanne Collins.
ReplyDeleteBrave New World.
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ReplyDeleteTo Kill a Mockingbird!
ReplyDeleteI'd pick To Kill a Mockingbird. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI would pick The Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteBRAVE NEW WORLD I THINK
ReplyDeleteI would choose The Hunger Games. Thanks for having the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI would choose TTYL.
ReplyDeleteProbably TTYL
ReplyDeleteThe hunger games! I loved the movie and I really want to try at least one book :)
ReplyDeletei would choose What My Mother Doesn't Know
ReplyDeletethanks for making this international
I believe I would choose Alice :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome giveaway!
The first in The Color of Earth series.
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ReplyDeleteI Would Choose What My mother Dosent Know
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still haven't read hunger games - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
ReplyDeleteI would choose Alice!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
Lisa Hackney
yankssssrule08 at yahoo dot com
I would pick either To Kill a Mockingbird or Gossip Girl..
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley!
ReplyDeleteI'd like a copy of THE COLOR OF EARTH. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI would pick Catching Fire from The Hunger Games trilogy.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I would choose Gossip Girl. Thanks!
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I'd pick the Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteHunger Games!
ReplyDeleteI'd pick The Hunger Games or What My Mother Doesn't Know.
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
I would choose Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
ReplyDeleteI think I would choose The Color of Earth.
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