ALA’s Most Challenged Books of 2012

ALA’s (American Library Association) Office for Intellectual Freedom recently announced last year’s list of the most challenged books from libraries across the country.banned-books-eyechartTop Ten Most Challenged Books for 2012

  1. Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey.
  2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
  3. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
  4. Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James.
  5. And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.
  6. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (This month’s book club reading choice).
  7. Looking for Alaska by John Green.
  8. Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz
  9. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
  10. Beloved by Toni Morrison

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