Do Something Naughty: Read A Book

It's Banned Book Week!  What better way to celebrate being an American is there than to read a book from the list?

For those who may not be aware, the American Library Association compiles a list each year of the most challenged books at libraries across the country.  Who is challenging these books, you may ask?  People who count four letter words in a book instead of reading it?  People who think sex is something dirty and should never be mentioned in public?  People who have never passed a reading comprehension exam or understand any literary devices?  People who think they can control their children forever by limiting what they read?

Check out this year's list:  http://libguides.pulaskitech.edu/content.php?pid=67220&sid=2843202

Just a few comments from the list.......I'm amazed that people still fret over To Kill A Mockingbird this many decades after publication.  I'm waiting to see if The Scarlet Letter appears on the list next year.  That one is chock full of mean girls and adultery!

The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian.  While I didn't care for this book, as I despise any book that stereotypes people, it IS written by a Native American, and those really ARE his experiences in HIS culture.  Unless his fellow tribe members are the ones complaining, who are we to say his book is racist and offensive?

The one that truly takes the cake is The Hunger Games trilogy.  Anti-family?  Obviously, those people have not opened the book.  It's PRO-FAMILY!  But the real irony is that the books depict what could happen to America in the future, if nutters like book banners take over.