American Library Association's "10 Most Challenged Books of 2005"

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom received a total of 405 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness.

According to Judith F. Krug, director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, the number of challenges reflects only incidents reported, and for each reported, four or five remain unreported.

The “10 Most Challenged Books of 2005” reflect a range of themes.

(found at: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm)

Send to Printer American Library Association's "10 Most Challenged Books of 2005" The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom received a total of 405 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. According to Judith F. Krug, director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, the number of challenges reflects only incidents reported, and for each reported, four or five remain unreported. The “10 Most Challenged Books of 2005” reflect a range of themes. (found at: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm)
	1.	It's Perfectly Normal : Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris
	2.	Forever by Judy Blume
	3.	The Catcher in the Rye
	4.	The Chocolate War (Laurel Leaf Books) by Robert Cormier
	5.	Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
	6.	Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds
	7.	What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
	8.	The New Captain Underpants Collection: Box Set (Books 1-5)
	9.	Crazy Lady! (Trophy Newbery) by Jane Leslie Conly
	10.	It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families by Robie H. Harris
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