Top Five Most Challenged Books in 2005
Posted on September 28, 2006
This week (September 23-30) is Banned Books Week. It is also the 25th anniversary of Banned Books Week.
The ALA says there were 405 known attempts to remove books in 2005. These attempts include "formal, written complaints filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness."
The ALA has also listed the following books as the five most challenged books of 2005.
- It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
- Forever by Judy Blume
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
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