The 10 most-challenged books of 2006, according to the American Library Association (complaints sited in parentheses):
1. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell (homosexuality, anti-family and unsuited to age group)
2. The Gossip Girls series by Cecily Von Ziegesar (homosexuality, sexual content, drugs, unsuited to age group and offensive language)
3. The Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (sexual content and offensive language)
4. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler (sexual content, anti-family, offensive language and unsuited to age group)
5. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (sexual content, offensive language and unsuited to age group)
6. The Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz (occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence and insensitivity)
7. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher (homosexuality and offensive language)
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language and unsuited to age group)
9. Beloved by Toni Morrison (offensive language, sexual content and unsuited to age group)
10. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (sexual content, offensive language and violence)
Read an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. And remember that September 29th through October 6th is Banned Books Week at America's libraries.
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