Dangerous Books!
Hugo Zoom posts on the American Library Association's List of Most Challenged Books of 2004
Includes Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Those two entries cast doubts on the ones I've not read, but after checking out reviews of Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War (added to my must read list), I would surmise any book focusing on nonconformity is at risk.
Let's just send all children to huge island where they can be totally insulated from the unpleasantries of life. Then, we can unleash them into society without a clue as to what to expect during adulthood. It's not like they'll be subjecting each other to cruelty, sexuality, political viewpoints or religious pressures in the absence of books with challenging ideas... will they?
Includes Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Those two entries cast doubts on the ones I've not read, but after checking out reviews of Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War (added to my must read list), I would surmise any book focusing on nonconformity is at risk.
Let's just send all children to huge island where they can be totally insulated from the unpleasantries of life. Then, we can unleash them into society without a clue as to what to expect during adulthood. It's not like they'll be subjecting each other to cruelty, sexuality, political viewpoints or religious pressures in the absence of books with challenging ideas... will they?
posted by Arvin Hill at 2/24/2005 09:04:00 AM
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