The removal of this book from her school library is what kicks off Ban This Book’s heroine’s act of protest. Complaints about From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. The book is intended as an educational resource for kids about a range of topics, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and abuse.įrom the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. It’s been banned across the country for content that’s inappropriate for children, both for the frank discussion of sexuality and the inclusion of (non-graphic) illustrations of naked people. It’s Perfectly Normal is a book written for kids ages 10 and older to teach them about sexual health, relationships, and puberty. “The act of talking to the dead is called spiritism and is condemned in the Bible Galation 5:19-21,” the father of a student wrote in his official complaint. Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing HahnĪ story about a girl who finds a ghost in her new house, Wait Till Helen Comes deals with heavy issues of death and suicide, but another parent objected to the book’s portrayal of the main character talking to the dead. Parents challenged the book for supposedly setting a bad example for children, supposedly encouraging them to spy, lie, and swear. This novel is about an eleven-year-old girl who spies on her classmates and inadvertently sets off a firestorm when her book of her brutally honest, and sometimes cruel, observations about her classmates is discovered. The beloved story of Matilda, a young girl who loves to read and learns she has telekinetic powers, has been challenged for its depiction of adults, including Matilda’s parents, being abusive and neglectful. One parent even compared one of the stories about a murderer to a real life serial killer: “right away I thought of Jeffrey Dahmer.” 1 This classic anthology of illustrated horror stories was banned in many schools in the 1990s as too scary or age inappropriate. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz Others have targeted it as anti-Christian or immoral. This book about a girl in sixth grade struggling with questions of religion and her experience going through puberty has been banned and challenged in numerous school districts because the book is supposedly sexually offensive and amoral. Here are eleven trouble-making books that made an appearance in Ban This Book.Īre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Over the years, many books have been challenged or banned in the U.S., most frequently for the given reasons of sexual content or explicit language.
Ban This Bookby Alan Gratz tells the story of a girl in fourth-grade who takes on her school when her favorite book is removed from the library. Today marks the first day of Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the freedom to read.
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