In the current issue of the Freedom to Read Foundation’s newsletter, ALA’s ten most frequently challenged books from 2007 are listed as follows:
- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
- The Chocolate War by Rober Cormier
- Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
- The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- TTYL by Lauren Myracle
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Quite a few familiar titles, with a few additions. If you want to report a challenge to the Office for Intellectual Freedom at ALA, call (800)545-2433, ext. 4223.