Recent report on banned books, especially ...

What is the state of censorship banned and challenged books and children's books for young people in the XXI century? There are some changes in the recent years. For example, for many years the Harry Potter series has been heavily criticized, but the ratio of Banned Books Week 2005 has given the American Library Association (ALA) announced: "This year, the first of five is satisfied if only Harry Potter is no up or appear to ALA annual list of the top 10 most challenged "books. (For more information, see Harry Potter controversy).

In accordance with Article 3 of the Library Human Rights Bill "Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their tasks provide information and enlightenment." (Source: ALA Library Bill of Rights)

As a number of challenges, according to the American Library Association, while there are hundreds of challenges to books in schools and libraries in the United States each year, and there were at least 326 in 2011, 464 in 2012 and 307 in 2013. The ALA estimated that 75 to 80 percent reported. (Source: ALA: frequently Books of the 21st century in question)

• "Although not all books will be right for every reader to have the ability to read, speak, think and talk freely are core American values," said Barbara Jones, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. "Protection of our fundamental rights - read the freedom - to respect differences with each other and the right of all people to choose what they read and their families ". (14 April 2010 ALA Press Release)

The 10 most frequently asked question in books 2013

According to the American Library Association (ALA), the following books are questioned 10 books of 2013. After the title and author of each book are the reasons for the challenges:

1. Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
   Reasons: offensive, inappropriate language to age group, violence
2. Blue Eye, by Toni Morrison
   Reasons: offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited age group, violence
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
   Reasons: drugs / alcohol / Snuff, offensive language, racism, explicit sex, age group unsuitable
4. Fifty Shades of Grey EL James
   Reason: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, the age group of explicit sex, unsuitable
5. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
   Reasons: religious view unsuitable age group
6. A bad guy can be good for a girl, Tanya Lee Stone
   Reasons: sexually explicit drug / alcohol / Snuff, nudity, offensive language
7. Looking for Alaska by John Green
   Reasons: drugs / alcohol / Snuff, age group explicit sex, unsuitable
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
   Reasons: drugs / alcohol / tobacco, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited age group
9. Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
   Reason: Satanism, occultism / offensive religious language, explicit sexual
10. West (series) by Jeff Smith
    Justification: political, racism, violence

(Source: ALA: Frequently Challenged Books)

One of the best ways to see how things have and has not changed over time is to compare and contrast the above list.

The 100 most controversial books of the decade (2000-2009)

1. Harry Potter (series) by JK Rowling
2. Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
4. Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson / Peter Parnell
5. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
7. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
8. His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
9. ttyl, ttfn, l8r, G8R (series), by Myracle, Lauren
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (see website of ALA for a complete list).

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