The Worst Library on the Internet
The Worst Library on the Internet
The loose autobiographical fiction of James Joyce at his most palatable in long form, Portrait tells the story of Stephen Dedalus and how he contends with being a human who sees the world differently than those around him.
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We follow the ups and downs and rapes of a Chilean family for several mystical generations.
#97 Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1994 - California - Challenged due to accounts of sexual encounters and violence but retained at Paso Robles High School
1997 - Virginia - Challenged but retained at Brentsville's Stonewall Jackson High School for sexual explicitness
1998 - Maryland - Challenged at Montgomery County reading lists and school library shelves as obscene
1999 - California - Challenged in Encinitas at La Costa Canyon High School as it "defames" the Catholic faith and contains "pornographic passages"
2000 - California
Challenged but retained at Fairfield Unified School District as "immoral and sexually depraved"
Challenged and retained for being "immoral and sexually depraved" at Suisun City Unified School District
2003 - California - Challenged but retained at Modesto, with the Modesto City School Board advising that parents given annotations and information of any text with the option of opting out
2013 - North Carolina - Challenged due to the book's graphic nature at Watauga County High School and retained after three appeals.
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.
Allende, Isabele. House of the Spirits. Alfred A. Knopf. 1982.
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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
We learn that a monster known to be a crazy bloodthirsty tornado of violence is really just a bit of a thinker. With claws.
#96 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1978 - Maryland - Challenged at Frederick County Schools for being "anti-christian, anti-moral, and violent."
1986
California - At Wasco High School the principal felt it was "profane," and created a restricted list of books, this being the first and only book on the list. All students had to have parental permission before they could study the book.
Indiana - Challenged in an Indianapolis accelerated English class
1991 - Utah - Challenged as obscene in Farmington's Viewmont High School
1992 - New Jersey - Challenged but retained at Bass River Township's Pineland Regional High School for obscenities
1993 - Georgia - Challenged in Clayton County Schools in Jonesboro for being violent and graphic
1997 - Colorado - Challenged but retained at Douglas County schools for being obscene and violent. The school board also declined to create a book rating system.
2008 - Oregon - Challenged but retained at Sherwood School District for torture and mutilation
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.
Gardner, John. Grendel. Vintage Books. New York, 1971.
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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
An overview of moving religions, John's mom at a baseball game, and a new man in the family.
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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
A history of the town, religion, Owen, and John's mother and the fact that the rope weighed as much as little Owen.
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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The state of Willy is revealed to his sons and everyone makes plans to do better despite themselves.
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Viking Press. New York, 1949.
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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/