Challenged Books

I found the article about the book, And Tango Makes Three very interesting. Although I have never read the book, I can understand why it is considered the number one challenged book. I don't believe it is a book for lower elementary students. I think it is a book that should be monitored by the media specialist. Homosexuality is not something that a normal k-3 grade student should know about. I do believe it would be okay for older students. Now thinking as a parent I believe we should be familiar with things our children read. This is definitely a book that may need some discussion. Overall I feel that these challenged books are not doing any harm. They are part of real life. Students see, hear, and even do worse in real life. Challenged books can give students something to relate to or even help them decide to make better decision. With this being said check out our new list:
1. "And Tango Makes Three" by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: Homosexuality, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group
2. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Offensive language, Racism, Sex Education, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group, Violence
3. "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: Insensitivity, Offensive Language, Racism, Sexually Explicit
4. "Crank" by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: Drugs, Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit
5. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group, Violence
6. "Lush" by Natasha Friend
Reasons: Drugs, Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group
7. "What My Mother Doesn’t Know" by Sonya Sones
Reasons: Sexism, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group
8. "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Reasons: Drugs, Inaccurate, Offensive Language, Political Viewpoint, Religious Viewpoint
9. "Revolutionary Voices" edited by Amy Sonnie
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit
10. "Twilight" by  Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: Religious Viewpoint, Violence