The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

May 07, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book, Chapter Book

A young girl in Holland spends two years in an upstairs room hiding from Nazis during World War II.

Banned

1993 - Indiana - Liberty Elementary School removed the item from required reading list for fourth graders after an investigation about profanity.

1996 - Maine - Challenged for profanity in Sanford as a sixth-grade assigned reading.

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.

Reiss, Johanna. The Upstairs Room. HarperTrophy. New York, 1972.

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A Prayer for Owen Meany: John's Mom Got It Going On, Part 3

April 30, 2019 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

An overview of moving religions, John's mom at a baseball game, and a new man in the family.

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A Prayer for Owen Meany: Instrumental History, Part 2

April 23, 2019 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

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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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

April 22, 2019 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

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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Rainbow Boys, Coming of the Creeper, Part 5

April 19, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

Kyle gives Jason a lift and Nelson gets super creepy on Kyle before they go to grandma's house.

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Rainbow Boys, Meeting the Problem, Part 4

April 18, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

Nelson and Kyle almost fight some dudes and are starting a club while Kyle is struggling to come out to his parents.

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Rainbow Boys: Rain Coming Down, Part 3

April 17, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

Nelson and Kyle run into a bump in the rain and Jason gets even more confused about his relationship with Debra.

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Rainbow Boys: Coming Out, Part 2

April 16, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

Jason runs from a meeting, Kyle tries to talk to Jason, and Nelson is kinda a scorned bully.

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Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez

April 15, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book

A brief cover of the author and the banned book leads us to Jason meeting Kyle and Nelson at a meeting.

Banned

#48 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
2004 - Texas - Along with fifteen other books with gay-positive themes this book was challenged in the Montgomery County Memorial Library System by Library Patrons of Texas using language similar to language of the website Parents Against Bad Books in Schools based out of Fairfax County, Virginia.
2005 - Arkansas - Along with fifty other books, a challenge at the Fayetteville High School library cited this book and others were too sexually explicit and promoted homosexuality
2006 - New York - After receiving complaints from parents about explicit sexual content, the book was removed from Webster Central School District high school summer reading list yet reinstated a year later after officials reviewed the selection process.

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 19 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.

Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys. Simon Pulse. New York, 2003.

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Death of a Salesman: What Sacrifices May Come, Part 5

April 12, 2019 by Banned Library in Adult Fiction

The state of Willy is revealed to his sons and everyone makes plans to do better despite themselves.

Sources

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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