Banned Book Week - BookList for 2010-2011


As a reader and a voracious one at that , also being in a profession as a Librarian. My Favourite time of the week in terms of Books is during Banned Book Week , I can't wait each year to see which books have made the list and why. I then like to go through the list and see how many I have read.

How Many Have You Read on the 2010-2011 Banned Books List ?
"Read Titles in Purple".

  1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
  2. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson ( One of my All-Time favourite Books)
  3. The Flamingo Rising - Larry Baker
  4. The Notebook Girls: Four Friends, One Diary, Real Life - Baskin, Julia; Lindsey Newman, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, and Courtney Toombs
  5. Brashares, Ann -Forever in Blue, the Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
  6. Burroughs, Augusten-Running with Scissors
  7. Butler, Dori Hillestad -My Mom’s Having a Baby
  8. Cast, P. C., and Kristin Cast- Betrayed
  9. Chbosky, Stephen-The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  10. Chopin, Kate-The Awakening
  11. Collins, Suzanne-The Hunger Games
  12. Crutcher, Chris-Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
  13. Ehrenreich, Barbara-Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
  14. Foer, Jonathan Safran -Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  15. Frank, Anne- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
  16. Gruen, Sara-Water for Elephants
  17. Guterson, David-Snow Falling on Cedars
  18. Haddon, Mark-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
  19. Hahn, Mary Downing-The Dead Man in Indian Creek
  20. Halpern, Julie- Get Well Soon
  21. The Koran
  22. Kehret, Peg-Stolen Children
  23. Mathabane, Mark- Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
  24. Madaras, Lynda, and Dane Saavedra- What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-up Guide for Parents & Sons
  25. Huxley, Aldous-Brave New World
  26. Horowitz, Anthony-Snakehead
  27. Lelveld, Joseph-Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India
  28. Mackler, Carolyn-Vegan Virgin Valentine
  29. McKissack, Fredrick, Jr.-Shooting Star
  30. Monette, Paul-Writers’ Voice: Selected from Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoirs
  31. Moore, Patrick-Tweaked: A Crystal Meth Memoir
  32. Morrison, Toni-Song of Solomon
  33. Myracle, Lauren-ttyl
  34. Ockler, Sarah- Twenty Boy Summer
  35. Plum-Ucci, Carol-The Body of Christopher Creed
  36. Salinger, J. D.-The Catcher in the Rye
  37. Sapphire (Ramona Lofton)- Push ( The Book the Movie Precious is based on)
  38. Semencic, Carl- Pit Bulls and Tenacious Guard Dogs
  39. Shaffer, Paul- We’ll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives
  40. Sixx, Nikki- The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
  41. Smith, Jeff-Bone
  42. Vonnegut, Kurt-Slaughterhouse-Five
  43. Sonnie, Amy, ed-Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology
  44. Sones, Sonya-One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
  45. WritersCorps-Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems
  46. Walker, Margaret-Jubilee.

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