A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

John Irving pens a book banned from within three states about a little boy with a big voice who really stinks at baseball. 

Banned

• #76 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009

• 1992 - Pennsylvania - Carlisle's Boiling Springs High School pulled the book from high school literature classes after parents complained of language and content

• 2000 - West Virginia - Challenged at Kanawha County high school's reading lists for being "pornographic, offensive, and vulgar."

• 2009 - New Hampshire - Pelham school district removed the book from recommended summer reading after a parent complained about language and sexuality.

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 

Date, Terry. “Schools: Parental objections to reading lists are rare.” Eagle-Tribune. https://www.eagletribune.com/news/local_news/schools-parental-objections-to-reading-lists-are-rare/article_73289bb2-a8ab-50f3-919f-ded020ac570b.html Accessed 2022 Aug 12.

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2017.

Irving, John. A Prayer for Owen Meany. William Morrow and Company. New York, 1989.

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