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Top Ten Challenged Books of 2010

BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2011

 From ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom : “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. The number of challenges reflects only incidents reported. We estimate that for every reported challenge, four or five remain unreported. Therefore, we do not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.”

2010

1.  And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson

2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie

3.  Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley

4. Crank, by Ellen Hopkins

5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

6. Lush, by Natasha Friend

7.  What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones

8. Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich

9.  Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie

10. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

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Crossed by Ally Condie

Read the first two chapters of Crossed, the sequel to Matched by Ally Condie
CROSSED by Ally Condie (Chapters 1 & 2)
CROSSED by Ally Condie (Chapters 1 & 2)

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Tempest by Julie Cross

First chapters revealed from romantic time-travel thriller ‘Tempest’

Click here for a link to the first four chapters of the book, which comes out in its entirety Jan. 3, 2012. Tempest: A Novel

Jackson Meyer, a charming, somewhat reckless, young man  is as baffled by his ability to become unstuck in time as anyone, though it’s largely a secret between him and a physics expert friend named Adam. As the story begins, we see Jackson and girlfriend Holly working as camp counselors during a youth-group visit to the zoo, though Jackson is preoccupied by efforts to test his power.

The theory: though he can shift backward in time (usually by only 30 minutes or so) nothing he changes in the past actually shows up when he returns to the present.

That raises all sorts of questions about the story.  Is he really time traveling? Adam describes him going into a vegetative state during his backward jaunts, so could the past Jackson sees really be hallucinations or dreams? Or is he splitting off alternate timelines when he shifts back, nature’s way of avoiding the paradoxes that would inevitably arise due to changing the past?

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My Most Excellent Year: a Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway Park

My Most Excellent Year: a Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway Park

by Steve Kluger

TC, Augie, and  Alejandra work their way through high school in this  coming-of-age story, with baseball, show tunes and light romance.  The book is written in a series of texts, emails, assignments, and instant messages.

Sound interesting? Our Teen Review club will be reading this Elliot Rosewater Nominee as our next selection. Our next meeting is Sept. 26th 4:30, at the Lawrenceburg Main Library. Call the Youth Services Department if you have questions 812-537-2775 ext. 40.

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Inheritance is coming, are you ready?

Pre-Order Inheritance

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Abandon by Meg Cabot

Abandon by Meg Cabot

A near death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce’s life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld….

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Meet Jay Asher, 2011 Teen Read Week Spokesperson!

Jay Asher, bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why, has been named the 2011 Teen Read Week Spokesperson.

Thirteen Reasons Why, spent 65 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List, has co-authored a second book with award-winning author, Carolyn Mackler called The Future of Us, which will be published this fall.As Teen Read Week spokesperson, Asher will visit select libraries during Teen Read Week, as well as judge a teen photo contest where teens are challenged to capture an image that portrays a book title. Interested in entering?  Click here for more information.

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