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NEW YORK Here's a list "Fifty Shades of Grey" was destined to make: The books most likely to be removed from school and library shelves in the U.S.
On Monday, E L James' multimillion selling erotic trilogy placed No. 4 on the American Library Association's annual study of "challenged books," works subject to complaints from parents, educators and other members of the public. The objections: Offensive language, and, of course, graphic sexual content.
No. 1 was a not a story of the bedroom, but the bathroom, Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" books (Offensive language, unsuited for age group), followed by Sherman Alexie's prize-winning "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" (Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit), and Jay Asher's "Thirteen Reasons Why" (Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide). Also on the list, at No. 10, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's "Beloved" (Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence).
"It's pretty exciting to be on a list that frequently features Mark Twain, Harper Lee, and Maya Angelou," Pilkey said in a statement. "But I worry that some parents might see this list and discourage their kids from reading 'Captain Underpants,' even though they have not had a chance to read the books themselves."
http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/fifty-shades-makes-list-of-books-people-want-banned-from-libraries
Skinner
(63,645 posts)Not surprised some parents disapprove--lots of potty humor and tweaking authority figures.
Personally, I really enjoy reading them to my kids. Some of the humor is really juvenile, but some of it is actually surprisingly smart. The books are silly and fun and a little bit subversive. Anything that'll make my boys beg me to read more is a great thing.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)n/t
Aristus
(66,097 posts)OTOH, we're rapidly becoming the backward, provincial, ignorant, gun-crazed idiocracy the teabaggers want us to be, so it all makes sense...
Initech
(99,915 posts)Any other right you attempt to address - the right to food, shelter, clean air, clean water, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, illegal search and seizure, right to a living wage and health care, they're quick to make a Nazi comparison faster than Hitler annexed Poland.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Next it will be book burning. Brave new nanny state.