Emily Gray Junior High – Tanque Verde High School



BANNED BOOKS ONLINE SCAVENGER HUNT

Your Name:

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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