Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel
Bad Kitty runs for neighborhood president and learns a lot along the way including some ways to not say swear words.
Read MoreHarris and Me by Gary Paulsen
A boy goes to live on a farm with a complete psychopath. But in a fun way.
Banned
#70 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1997 - Nevada - Challenged for language but retained at Lander County School District
Sources
ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me. Harcourt Brace and Company. San Diego, 2003.
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The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A brat becomes an average kid with a strange family with this week's book.
Banned
#52 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1983 - Kansas - Challenged at Lowell Elementary School in Salina for the language "God," "damn," and "hell"
1985 - Minnesota - Challenged at Orchard Lake Elementary School in Burnsville because "the book took the Lord's name in vain" and had "over forty instances of profanity
1988 - Colorado - Challenged at the Jefferson County schools because "Gilly's friends lie and steal, and there are no repercussions. Christians are portrayed as being dumb and stupid."
1991 - Connecticut - Pulled but later restored at four Cheshire elementary school for being "filled with profanity, blasphemy and obscenities, and gutter language."
1992 - Texas - Challenged at Alamo Heights School District for language such as "hell" and "damn"
1993 - Kansas - Challenged at the Walnut Elementary School in Emporia by parents for graphic violence and language
1997 - Nevada - Challenged yet retained for explicit language in the Lander County School District
Sources
ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved January 9, 2018 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
Doyle, Robert P. "Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read." American Library Association, 2014.
"Katherine's Biography." Katherine Paterson's Website. AuthorsOnTheWeb; 2016. Retrieved on December 23, 2017 from http://katherinepaterson.com/biography/
Paterson, Katherine. "The Great Gilly Hopkins." Avon Books, 1978.
Carrie by Stephen King
Meet Carrie. She's a sad and lonely girl who gets picked on until she kills everyone. With super powers. Like you do. The novel is a blend of third person narration and secondary fictional material outlining some history, background, and context for the events of the novel where Carrie gets picked on and kills everyone. This blend can be jarring, but also aids in the suspense. The reader knows where all this bullying, premarital sex, cursing, and general shitty teen behavior will lead as soon as we learn the crazy girl can move things with her mind, but the "nonfiction" additions help stretch out the quick pacing. If you are a Stephen King purist, you already know this book by heart. Everyone else deserves to check it out from the library.
Banned
1975 - Nevada - Challenged at Clark High School Library in Las Vegas, considered “trash.”
1978 - Vermont - Delegated to a special closed shelf at Union High School library in Vergennes citing it could “harm” students, especially “younger girls.”
1987 - Iowa - Book removed from West Lyon Community School library in Larchwood, Iowa cited as “it does not meet the standards of the community.”
1991 - New York - Banned from all of the district libraries of Altmar-Parish-Williamstown, New York.
1994
Pennsylvania - Challenged by a parent in the Junior High East Library located in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. Complaining of “the book’s language,” sexual descriptions and a “satanic killing” sequence.
North Dakota - A minister from Bismarck, North Dakota wanted this book and eight other King novels (Cujo, Christine, The Dead Zone, The Drawing of the Three, The Eyes of the Dragon, Pet Semetary, The Shining, and Thinner), to be banned from the school libraries. He challenged the books because of “age appropriateness.”
Sources
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. 2014.
"Dances and Dames"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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