{"id":1142,"date":"2013-04-16T14:49:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T18:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2013-04-16T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T18:55:55","slug":"alas-most-challenged-books-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/2013\/04\/alas-most-challenged-books-of-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"ALA’s Most Challenged Books of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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-eyechart\"<\/a>Top Ten Most Challenged Books for 2012<\/b><\/p>\n

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

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