A Meme And A Quiz....

[calliopes_pen]

First, the quiz. Both have been taken from rowena742

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And now, for the Banned Books Meme:

The ones I've read are in bold:
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz (I loved this series--it was very scary when I first read it, though.)
Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl (If I haven't read this one, then it just sounds familiar.)
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Goats by Brock Cole
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam (It sounds familiar.)
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz (This book was in my library--I loved it.)
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Fade by Robert Cormier
Guess What? by Mem Fox
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Jack by A.M. Homes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
Carrie by Stephen King
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Comments

[kiramowett.livejournal.com]

I've never understood why so many people want to ban Where's Waldo or How to Eat Fried Worms...

[calliopes_pen]

Neither do I. What's bad about Where's Waldo, anyway?

[seandc]

The hoo-hah about Where's Wally?

Because one of the pictures features sunbathing of less-than-modest kind in amongst all the happy little picture-peoples...

http://solonor.com/bannedbooks/archives/001808.html

The Fried Worms thing must be because the banners are jealous cause they had to eat them raw :lol:

Or *sigh* cause someone is always gonna try to ban every book out there... *has read much on the topic*

[kiramowett.livejournal.com]

I work in a library...I have to deal with book banners all of the time. :mad: The ones who really upset me are the ones who want to burn LOTR and Narnia...they obviously don't realize that they're Christian allegories! :rolleyes:

[calliopes_pen]

*Staggers into the thread, in exhaustion.*

That is insane. Those are wonderful books. Apparently, when there are even the smallest references to the use of magic, a book gets banned.

[seandc]

The ones who really upset me are the ones who want to burn LOTR and Narnia...they obviously don't realize that they're Christian allegories! :rolleyes:
Aye... some of these groups want everything spelled out to the letter of *their* interpretation of the Bible - I read of a group who among all their complaints about a certain group of classroom readers was that they promoted kindness to animals, linking their complaint to everything being put upon this earth for man's use. Any deviation from their interpretation, and it's obviously the work of *insert favourite evildoers here*. :rolleyes: (see Herbert Foerstal's Banned in the USA for the whole story)

I'm glad I work in a government library, so the only thing we have to worry about is *not* having the books (and the occasional person who thinks we have detailed biographies on every teacher in the state ever....)

Apparently, when there are even the smallest references to the use of magic, a book gets banned.
Yup, the whole magic/supernatural/telepathic angle is a favourite of banners - for we all know a kid reading one page of Harry Potter is going to turn into a sorcerer/ess instantly, don't we?

I remember reading about a group at the turn of the century (all those many months ago :lol:) who calling themselves "Family friendly librarians" decided that anything science fiction or fantasy would be restricted to adults only at their libraries! :eek:

What have I been made into, reading such stuff all my life? ;)

[calliopes_pen]

Yup, the whole magic/supernatural/telepathic angle is a favourite of banners - for we all know a kid reading one page of Harry Potter is going to turn into a sorcerer/ess instantly, don't we?


I remember hearing an interview with someone who said Harry Potter promoted drug use and Satanism. I don't think so...

That same show also said, that now that kids are finally reading, people want those books taken away. It's just nuts.

[seandc]

someone who said Harry Potter promoted drug use
Yep... the same way the a certain edition of Little Red Riding Hood promotes drinking, cause LRRH is seen with a bottle of plonk in her basket...

I'm scared to think what they'd make of the red pill/blue pill deal of The Matrix...

It's just nuts.
Definately.

I first started reading up about censorship after we covered briefly in a class... I was just beside myself that someone would presume to say what I could or couldn't read for myself.

[calliopes_pen]

True. Books like Huckleberry Finn have been banned as well. I think it's mostly due to the use of the n-word. Other than that, it is a great novel.

I'm glad my 11th grade English teacher was insane enough to let her class read it. :)

[seandc]

Actually, following the link I posted above, and using the source link there, this page http://www.alibris.com/articles_features/features/banned/bannedchildrens.cfm says that while indeed Huck Finn is considered racist today, it caught trouble back in the day for being too tolerant!

And yeah, aren't English teachers a wonderful lot, teaching us all these naughty naughty books (see all the notes I left alongside the books in the copy of this meme in my LJ...) :)

Of course, according to the site, I should now be terminally confused between reality and fantasy while cursing and disrespecting adults after reading Bridge to Terabithia...

[calliopes_pen]

Of course, according to the site, I should now be terminally confused between reality and fantasy while cursing and disrespecting adults after reading Bridge to Terabithia...

Apparently, so should I. I've read a lot of fantasy books--but I still know who I am. :lol:

[seandc]

If you were to do that, I'd be shocked enough to maybe say they had a point :eek: :lol:

And I still know who I am too... *looks at drivers licence* His Grace Sir Samuel Vimes, Duke of Ankh, Commander, Ankh-Morpork City Watch...

Uh-oh... :lol:

[calliopes_pen]

:lol: