08-22-2013, 02:28 PM | #31 |
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08-23-2013, 03:04 PM | #32 |
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I'm giving a third to Flowers for Algernon, but wonder, where/when it was banned.
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08-23-2013, 03:29 PM | #33 |
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Fade by Robert Cormier links
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Fade-ebook/dp/B001PSEQHE Google - http://books.google.com/books/about/...d=BlWouyTuBioC Kobo - http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/fade-3 B&N - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fade...ier/1100618570 |
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Flowers for Algernon Banned in Emporium, PA, due to sexually explicit passages that parents feared would awaken their children’s “natural impulses.” 1977 Challenged in Oberlin, OH, due to sexually explicit passages. 1984 Banned in Glen Rose, AR, due to language and sexually explicit passages. Objectors compared Flowers for Algernon to “books in plastic covers you see at newsstands.” 1981 Challenged in Glenrock, WY for sexually explicit passages and language. Objector compared the novel to Playboy and Hustler among other, um, photo-centric publications. 1984 Challenged in Plant City, FL, (and Arizona, Virginia, and Georgia) for sexually explicit passages, adult themes, and profanity. 1976, 1981, 1996, 1997 Banned from Aledo (Texas) Middle School, subsequently re-shelved at the school library, but not reinstated into the curriculum. (1999) Frequently challenged due to objections to “sexually explicit” content. Ranks no. 47 on ALA’s 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000. Full link at: http://suvudu.com/2008/10/challenged...-algernon.html Last edited by fantasyfan; 08-23-2013 at 06:10 PM. |
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08-23-2013, 11:15 PM | #35 |
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I'd like to nominate The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, purely for selfish reasons since I keep putting off reading it and the bookclub would give me incentive. It won the Pulitzer and is 3rd on the ALA's list of banned and challenged classics. Should be available as an ebook at all the stores and can be found on Overdrive.
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08-24-2013, 05:33 AM | #36 |
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I'll second The Grapes of Wrath.
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08-24-2013, 05:48 AM | #37 |
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I third the Grapes of Wrath
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08-24-2013, 06:02 AM | #38 |
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08-24-2013, 07:04 AM | #39 |
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I think that's our ten now isn't it?
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08-24-2013, 08:36 AM | #41 |
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Flowers for Algernon is fully nominated.
Fade is not fully nominated. I seem to have given Billi's vote for Flowers for Algernon to Fade. I'm correcting that now. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 08-24-2013 at 08:47 AM. |
08-24-2013, 10:19 AM | #42 |
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I'll third Fade, that should get us to 10.
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08-24-2013, 01:47 PM | #43 |
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That it does. Next comes the poll.
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08-24-2013, 01:53 PM | #44 |
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The nominations are now closed.
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08-24-2013, 03:58 PM | #45 |
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