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By Josh Scott
Why are these books banned???
The Terrorist
By Caroline B. Cooney
book deals with the impact of the loss of a child on a family in london.the child, Billy, was killed at school by a terrorist attack. His sister becomes vengfull and suspects in her mind that anyone could be in the PLO or IRA. it also deals with multiculturalism. she has to decide wether to help a fellow iranian student escape an arranged marriage despite her prejudice.
book banned because of the theme of death, in particular death and its drastic and somewhat haunting impact on a once happy family.
its ban is meant to be to the respects of families who have been through such a crisis
Age range: 13-20
Bridge to Terabithia
By Katherine Paterson
A Main character Tragically dies. some people think that death is an unsuitable topic for children.this idea has been supported by some psychologists and other medical and educational professionals. this is why the book has been banned.
Bridge to Terabithia appears at #8 on the America
n Library Association's list of the 100 most
frequently challenged books from 1990-2010
"BtT" is about 2 childrens imaginative world
and their adventures in this wonderland
Age Range: 8-13
Jess and leslies imaginative world has been
aluded by sone to the occult or new age
spirituality. to the contrary it has been
accused of containing christian messages.
The Sun Also Rises
By Earnest Hemingway
About american and british expats in paris on vacation in spain.
they are dissolusioned by WW1(lost generation)
Book banned due to its characters cursing, excessivley drinking and being promiscuious.
"Oh,Jake"Brett said. " We could of had such a damned good time together." "Yes, " i said. "Isnt it nice to think so."
This piece of prose and many other in the book suggests sex, which some deem inappropriate for adolecents to read about.
a case of modernist culture shock common in the 1920's.
when the book came out in the 1920s these "qualities" were still rarely openly discussed public and were just starting to be frankly written in literature.
Age Range: 13-30
Connecticut almost banned "Bridge to terabithia'
challenged throughout Great Britain
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