Everyone who reads knows "Why the Caged Bird Sings" deals with a rape of an 8-year-old girl. After a gazillion years of being in print, it's now one of the books Orange County is challenging as "unfit for school libraries." As per the LA Times, Judy Ahrens, a former Westminster School District said at the podium before reading the detailed scene, "...I don't wish to read this material … but for the sake of the innocence of our children … sometimes we have to do things in life we are uncomfortable with..."
My friend Marissa reminded me of one of Maya's quotes: "The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart."
the following books were banned for one or more of these reasons: Sexually Explicit, Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Offensive Language and Racism.
And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
If I were a teen, I'd make a list of all the banned books and gobble them up. There's nothing like controversy to motivate youths to rebel.
My friend Marissa reminded me of one of Maya's quotes: "The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart."
the following books were banned for one or more of these reasons: Sexually Explicit, Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Offensive Language and Racism.
And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
If I were a teen, I'd make a list of all the banned books and gobble them up. There's nothing like controversy to motivate youths to rebel.
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