Emily Gray Junior High – Tanque Verde High School
BANNED BOOKS ONLINE SCAVENGER HUNT
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Language Arts Teacher:
The number in parenthesis in the book’s number on the “1990-2000 Most Frequently Challenged Books List”
published by the American Library Association.
|Question |Answer |URL |
| | |Where did you find the answer? |
|The Stupid’s Die (#26) has no profanity, | | |
|sexual references, or use of illegal | | |
|substances. So why has it been banned? | | |
|And Tango Makes Three, one of the most | | |
|frequently challenged books in 2006, is | | |
|based on a true story about two male | | |
|penguins that raised a baby penguin. So why| | |
|has it been challenged? | | |
|The novel Gossip Girls series was one of | | |
|the most frequently challenged in 2006. The| | |
|book talks about teenagers and the | | |
|challenges they face with growing up. So | | |
|why is this book challenged if it was | | |
|written for teenage youth from 13 through | | |
|19? | | |
|Heather Has Two Mommies (#11) is a | | |
|children’s book about how families are | | |
|different and unique. It doesn’t matter if | | |
|you have two moms or two dads; every family| | |
|is special. So why is this one challenged?| | |
|To Kill a Mocking Bird (#41) is novel is | | |
|about racism and growing up in the South. | | |
|Why is this book challenged? | | |
|Lord of the Flies (#70) is a book is about | | |
|a group of boys stranded on a remote | | |
|island. This book was challenged because of| | |
|excessive violence. How did Piggy die? | | |
|The Giver (#14) is about a young boy living| | |
|in a “utopian” society and is commonly read| | |
|in upper elementary classrooms and middle | | |
|schools. Why have some people referred to | | |
|this book as “the suicide” book? | | |
|The Outsiders (#43) is a novel about a | | |
|14-year-old boy’s harrowing experience | | |
|after he is orphaned. Why has this book | | |
|been challenged? | | |
|The Perks of Being a Wallflower (#8) was | | |
|one of the most challenged books of 2006. | | |
|Part of the reason why this book connects | | |
|with so many kids is because it's real. It | | |
|deals with actual problems that teenagers | | |
|face today. Why has it been challenged? | | |
|Daddy’s Roommate (#2) is about a young boy | | |
|whose parents go through a divorce and his | | |
|dad gets a new roommate, a boyfriend. This | | |
|book has no sexual content, or profanity so| | |
|why is it banned? | | |
|It’s Perfectly Normal (#15) explains a lot | | |
|of things that young adults deal with at | | |
|some point in their lifetime and answers | | |
|many questions teens might have. Why was | | |
|this book one of the top challenged books | | |
|of 2005? | | |
|The Chocolate War (#10) is about a boy that| | |
|gets involved with a fundraiser at his | | |
|school but ends up getting into a fight | | |
|with the school bully. Why was this book | | |
|placed on the 2004 most challenged book | | |
|list? | | |
|Bonus Question: | | |
|In 2001, a publisher held up a book that | | |
|was scheduled for release just after 9/11 | | |
|because it was unflattering to President | | |
|George Bush. The publisher requested that | | |
|the author re-write the book. He refused. | | |
|After librarians deluged the publisher with| | |
|emails, phone calls, and letters to the | | |
|press, the book was released with its | | |
|original content. | | |
|What was the name of the book? Who was the | | |
|author? | | |
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