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| Tarale Posts: 650/2713 |
Well, I've read the following:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn And yes, it's Where's Wally. It's only Waldo for the US (and probably Canadian) version; the original was made in the UK under the name Where's Wally, and so UK and Australian children grew up with Wally not Waldo 
Judy Blume gets as bad a rep as Dahl... |
| Alastor Posts: 3804/8204 |
Originally posted by cpubasic13I'm fairly certain it was banned because it makes use of the word "Nigger." |
| cpubasic13 Posts: 316/1193 |
Originally posted by Snow Tomato The book was written during the time when slavery was just outlawed and there was still segregation. The story has Jim, a black person. He is portrayed as a hero of sorts or at least a good guy. Which is the reason why it is banned from libraries... or was... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Three... yeah... ummm... not that much. |
| Squash Monster Posts: 167/296 |
Of the list, I've read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, Harry Potter (Series), The Catcher in the Rye, The Giver, A Day No Pigs Would Die, A Wrinkle In Time, Flowers for Algernon, James and the Giant Peach, The Anarchist Cookbook, Lord of the Flies, Native Son, and Where's Waldo, for a total of 13.
That list may well become my new "to-read" list. Well, after I finish The Book of Five Rings and everything by Pratchett. |
| Danielle Posts: 2903/6737 |
Let's see....
The Adventures of Huck Finn Of Mice and Men Harry Potter Bridge to Tarabithia The Catcher in the Rye The Giver Goosebumps To Kill a Mockingbird A Light in the Attic Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Lord of the Flies The Adventures of Tom Sawyer How to Eat Fried Worms View From the Cherry Tree Most of them were required readings in school, some I read on my own time, and some are both. <3 Catcher in the Rye |
| Snow Tomato Posts: 600/798 |
Yeah I've read my brother sam is dead to... I forgot. It was like a 5th grade assignment. How could something a fifth grader comprehend be banned? |
| Cynthia Posts: 2060/5814 |
His name is ?, I have his name down as ? and I switched character sets but still got the ?.
So more book talk and less ? talk.  |
| asdf Posts: 1869/4077 |
Odd, Traps. I just see a box where his name should be. I suppose its due to not having a certain character set enabled, however. No worries, though. |
| Trapster Posts: 2885/3604 |
Have I forgotten to install something? I only see a questionmark where his name should be. |
| Alastor Posts: 3788/8204 |
It's a SICKLE and hammer, snifit. |
| The Red Snifit Posts: 257/739 |
I've read about half of those books... Seriously, Where's Waldo got banned... They ban books for either good reasons, but mostly small reasons that don't matter much. 1984 is a good reason to ban a book... Ailure... Is that a scythe and hammer as your name? |
| Ailure Posts: 1135/2602 |
I found This
1984 in that list saddens me, considering it says that it promotes communism. While communism could as well be exactly like the 1984 world. 
Actually, censoring always saddens me. I don't care if Harry potter, Where's waldo ,random sex education book or Mein kamph would get banned.
Skimming through the list, I only read the Harry potter books and parts of the anarchist cookbook (i'm really curious about stuff, even if i'm sane enough to NOT do it) Hmm, I think I have read the witches too. o.o |
| Sinfjotle Posts: 781/1697 |
# The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
# Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck # Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling # Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor # My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier # The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger # The Giver by Lois Lowry # A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (WHY!? This is a great book.) # The Witches by Roald Dahl # To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee # The Pigman by Paul Zindel # Brave New World by Aldous Huxley # James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl # Lord of the Flies by William Golding # The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain # Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford # How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell I only read this kinds of books every once in a while, since almost none of them are within the genres I read. |
| Thexare Posts: 383/1104 |
Of Mice and Men (ninth grade assignment), Harry Potter (spare time, mostly on sick days), Bridge to Terabithia (sixth grade assignment), The Giver (sixth grade assignment), To Kill a Mockingbird (ninth grade assignment), Lord of the Flies (tenth grade assignment).
That's all, and most of them (as you can see) were for school. |
| Snow Tomato Posts: 579/798 |
Some of these books.. I don't understand why they're even on the list. Yup.. but I'll list the books I've read.
-Where's Waldo? Wtf? -Huck Finn (Again.. wtf?) -Go Ask Alice (favorite book of all time) -The Chocolate War -The Witches -To Kill a Mockingbird (Again.. why?) -James and the Giant Peach -Goosebumps (Series) -Harry Potter (Series) -The Giver -Flowers for Algernon -The Color Purple -A Light in the Attic -Lord of the Flies -The Catcher in the Rye (Second favorite book of all time) -The Outsiders It seems like all the good books are on this list. Or maybe... I just read too much. |
| Alastor Posts: 3743/8204 |
Originally posted by NSNickNo, there's apparently a naked woman on in the upper right of one of the pages and the controversy is over that. |
| Tatrion Posts: 1163/2467 |
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling The Giver by Lois Lowry Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine The Witches by Roald Dahl To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Pigman by Paul Zindel (I own this book but I haven't read it  )
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell All of those are awesome books too. Except maybe Pigman, but I can't pass judgement on it. I also see several of those are sex education books Isn't it a bit obvious the content is going to be disputable...? |
| dcahrakos Posts: 353/499 |
hmm..I missed a few, ive also read the lord of the flies(just recently actually) and also the pigman for a grade 8 project.
didnt read a wrinkle in time myself, but it was read to my grade 7th class for an english assignment. |
| Wurl Posts: 649/842 |
I've read like half of them at some point. Man, Judy Blume wrote like 20 of them, too. |
| Cynthia Posts: 1993/5814 |
14. The Giver by Lois Lowry
18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 27. The Witches by Roald Dahl 43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel 47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 88. Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford 90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman Yay, 10%!
...Dahl REALLY gets a bad rep, you know. |
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