Here are the books that were challenged or banned based on the clues provided: 1. ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle - Reasons given were offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group. 2. The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa - Reasons given were nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group. 3. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins - Reasons given were anti-ethnic, anti-family, insensitivity, offensive language, occult/satanic, violence. 4. My Mom's Having A Baby! A

1. “When in doubt, go to the library”
~from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K.
Rowling

2.  Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating
the freedom to read.
 Typically held during the last week of September,
it highlights the value of free and open access to
information.
 The purpose is to support of the freedom to seek
and to express ideas, even those some consider
unorthodox or unpopular.
 By focusing on efforts across the country to
remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books
Week draws national attention to the harms of
censorship.
"Reprinted by permission of the American Library Association."

3.  A challenge is an  A banning is the
attempt to remove or removal of those
restrict materials.
materials, based upon
the objections of a
person or group.

4.  Books usually are challenged with the best
intentions—to protect others, frequently
children, from difficult ideas and information.
 The following were the top three reasons cited
for challenging materials as reported to the
Office of Intellectual Freedom:
 the material was considered to be "sexually explicit"
 the material contained "offensive language"
 the material was "unsuited to age group"

6.  Throughout history, more and different kinds
of people and groups , who, for all sorts of
reasons, have attempted—and continue to
attempt—to suppress anything that conflicts
with or anyone who disagrees with their own
beliefs.

10.  The ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom
receives reports from libraries, schools, and the
media on attempts to ban books in
communities across the country.
 Research suggests that for each challenge
reported there are as many as four or five that
go unreported.

11. 2011:
 Lauren Myracle
 Chris Crutcher
 Carolyn Mackler
 Robert Greene
 Suzanne Collins
 Sonya Sones
 Sherman Alexie
 Aldous Huxley
 Harper Lee
 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
 Dav Pilkey
 Cecily von Ziegesar

12. 1. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
3. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
6. Ulysses, by James Joyce
7. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
8. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
9. 1984, by George Orwell
10. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck

14.  ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r
(series), by Lauren
Myracle
Reasons: offensive
language; religious
viewpoint; sexually
explicit; unsuited to age
group

15.  The Color of Earth
(series), by Kim Dong
Hwa
Reasons: nudity; sex
education; sexually
explicit; unsuited to
age group

16.  The Hunger Games
trilogy, by Suzanne
Collins
Reasons: anti-ethnic;
anti-family;
insensitivity; offensive
language;
occult/satanic;
violence

17.  My Mom's Having A
Baby! A Kid's Month-
by-Month Guide to
Pregnancy, by Dori
Hillestad Butler
Reasons: nudity; sex
education; sexually
explicit; unsuited to
age group

18.  The Absolutely True
Diary of a Part-Time
Indian, by Sherman
Alexie
Reasons: offensive
language; racism;
religious viewpoint;
sexually explicit;
unsuited to age group

19.  Alice (series), by
Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor
Reasons: nudity;
offensive language;
religious viewpoint

20.  Brave New World, by
Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity;
nudity; racism;
religious viewpoint;
sexually explicit

21.  What My Mother
Doesn't Know, by
Sonya Sones
Reasons: nudity;
offensive language;
sexually explicit

22.  Gossip Girl (series), by
Cecily Von Ziegesar
Reasons: drugs;
offensive language;
sexually explicit

23.  To Kill a
Mockingbird, by
Harper Lee
Reasons: offensive
language; racism

25. Can you name these books?