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Examines the history and issues surrounding works banned because they contained language or ideas unacceptable to a religion, state, or moral standard, including "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, "The Giver" by Louis Lowry, and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.
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Praise for the previous edition"...the entries, which provide a good overview of the topics, are readable and thought-provoking." VOYA Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Revised Edition discusses writings that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths; challenged widely held assumptions; or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog. The entries new to this edition include the Captain Underpants series, We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier, and Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven by Margaret Zemach. Also included are updates to the censorship histories of such books as To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men.New and updated entries include:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (Marion Dane Bauer)Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)Baby Be-Bop (Francesca Lia Block)The Basketball Diaries (Jim Carroll)Camille (Alexander Dumas)The Color Purple (Alice Walker) Deliverance (James Dickey)The Drowning of Stephan Jones (Bette Greene)East of Eden (John Steinbeck)Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)Fallen Angels (Walter Dean Myers)A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)Final Exit (Derek Humphry)Gargantua and Pantagruel (Francois Rabelais)Gentleman's Agreement (Laura Hobson)The Giver (Lois Lowry)Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven (Margaret Zemach)Junky (William Burroughs)Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)Strange Fruit (Lillian Smith)To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)Whale Talk (Chris Crutcher)and more.
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