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Interesting Books
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The most frequently challenged books of 2005 | | Everybody should read at least one "banned" book every year! This is the most recent list from the American Library Association's list of the most frequently challenged books in libraries and schools.
* “It's Perfectly Normal” * “Forever” by Judy Blume * “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger f * “The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier f * “Whale Talk” by Chris Crutcher * “Detour for Emmy” * “What My Mother Doesn't Know” by Sonya Sones * Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey * “Crazy Lady!” by Jane Leslie Conly * “It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families” by Robie H. Harris
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Authors I recommend
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Banned authors | | To keep in theme, here are the most challenged authors 1990 to 2004:
1. Alvin Schwartz 2. Judy Blume 3. Robert Cormier 4. J.K. Rowling 5. Michael Willhoite 6. Katherine Paterson 7. Stephen King 8. Maya Angelou 9. R.L. Stine 10. John Steinbeck
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Cool quotes
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| | Unbidden guests are often welcomest when they are gone.
- William Shakespeare
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| | | | If it were not for guests all houses would be graves. - Kahlil Gibran
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| | | | If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. - Russian Proverb
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