- Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
- 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 * (one)
- 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 *
- The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
- Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry * (two or three)
- 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
- 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
- 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
Thursday September 29, 2005
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6 responses to “Thursday September 29, 2005”
Hooray for banned books! Some of my favorite authors are up there. And lots I haven’t read. Maybe I should pick one to read this week. I was just saying I should get “How to Eat Fried Worms” for Eldest son. I loved that book as a kid.
I am always amazed at what books are banned. At least one of those, perhaps more, are on list (I believe) for our school’s Battle Of The Books. I love reading banned books, and have read many on the list.
I don’t believe this – why were they banned?
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain *
<LI>Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck *
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling *
<LI>The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger *
<LI>Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine *
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic”>Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel * (one)
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle *
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>Go Ask Alice by Anonymous *
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>The Witches by Roald Dahl *
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood *
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee*
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes*
<LI>Cujo by Stephen King
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>Lord of the Flies by William Golding *
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>Carrie by Stephen King
<LI>The Dead Zone by Stephen King
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain *
<LI style=”FONT-WEIGHT: bold”>Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman *
A Wrinkle in Time is one of my all-time favourites. Has anyone read the other two that complete the trilogy? They are uncomfortable reading but very good.
I add to the list
books by Enid Blyton (read many of them as a kid when they were banned from our school libraries)
any book by Thorne Smith (spent most of his adult life in an asylum as a crazy alcoholic but his books are very funny)
My Second Thousand Years (not recommended for young people during my mother’s youth. We have a copy of it however and I’ve started reading it off and on. Enjoyable read)
Ok, so that didn’t work well! Sorry fibermom for messing up your site 🙁
How can you ban Where’s Waldo? It doesn’t even say anything.
Also, I am inclined to think that a much more appropriate title for this list would be “Recomended Reading List”
Why the heck would someone ban Bridge to Terabithia? It was a great story and hit on how kids deal with the accidental death of a close friend? How to Eat Fried Worms was hilarious and was even featured as a cartoon on the Saturday morning show about books hosted by Captain Kangaroo. I remember seeing it all the time. Headless Cupid was great too. I learned about arcitexture in it… specifically how to find hidden rooms in buildings. I could keep going on, but I would take up too much room. but I will say I was six years old when my sister read The Outsiders to me. I still have it memorized. (The movie stunk though, Swayze or no Swayze)
Here’s a question for folks… Do you think we might have fewer problems with teens having unsafe sex if they actually read the books about puberty and discussed them with their parents and/or health teacher? It worked with most of my peers. It seems silly to “ban” something that would be so educational. Besides, all it took was for us to see the Nova special: The Miracle of Life. None of us wanted anything to do with sex after that. 😉
Banned books rule!!!! I agree, this is more like a reccomended reading list.