Sexually+Explicit

===Another reason young adult literature is banned is because of sexually explicit occurrences within the book. ===

**Title:** I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings **Author:** Maya Angelou **Publication Year:** 1969 **What type of sexual explicitness:** premarital cohabitation, rape, pornography

 According to the ALA, //I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings// was the 6th most challenged book from 2000-2009. In the years 1990-1999 it was the 3rd most challenged book.

**Links:**  American Library Association. (2010, April 6). Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. Retrieved May 4, 2011 from @http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/2000_2009/index.cfm This link shows the ALA's top 100 banned books of the decade according to the number of challenges a book recieves. The information is gathered by the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

 American Library Association. (2010, April 6). Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 1990-1999. Retrieved May 8, 2011 from @http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/1990_1999/index.cfm This link shows the ALA's top 100 banned books of the decade according to the number of challenges a book recieves. The information is gathered by the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

 Titus, R. (2010, July 28). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. //Banned Books Week//. Retrieved May 4, 2011 from @http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/cagedbird.asp Created by Marshall University librarian Ron Titus, the website celebrates Banned Book Week by looking at banned and challenged books.

**Other Reasons for being banned:** violence, offensive language, religious viewpoint

 **Title:** The Color Purple **Author:** Alice Walker **Publication Year:** 1982 **What type of sexual explicitness:** incest, rape, and sexual abuse

 According to the ALA, //The Color Purple// was the 17th most challenged book from 2000-2009. In the years 1990-1999 it was the 17th most challenged book.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Links:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> American Library Association. (2010, April 6). Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. Retrieved May 4, 2011 from @http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/2000_2009/index.cfm This link shows the ALA's top 100 banned books of the decade according to the number of challenges a book recieves. The information is gathered by the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> American Library Association. (2010, April 6). Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 1990-1999. Retrieved May 8, 2011 from @http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/1990_1999/index.cfm This link shows the ALA's top 100 banned books of the decade according to the number of challenges a book recieves. The information is gathered by the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Titus, R. (2010, July 28). The Color Purple. //Banned Books Week//. Retrieved May 7, 2011 from @http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/colorpurple.asp Created by Marshall University librarian Ron Titus, the website celebrates Banned Book Week by looking at banned and challenged books.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Other Reasons for being banned:** violence, offensive language, religious viewpoint

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Title:** Beloved <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Author:** Toni Morrison <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Publication Year:** 1987 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What type of sexual explicitness:** incest, rape, pedophilia, graphic sex, sexual abuse

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"> According to the ALA, //Beloved// was the 45th most challenged book from 2000-2009. In the years 1990-1999 it was the 26th most challenged book.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Links:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> American Library Association. (2010, April 6). Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. Retrieved May 4, 2011 from @http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/2000_2009/index.cfm This link shows the ALA's top 100 banned books of the decade according to the number of challenges a book recieves. The information is gathered by the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> American Library Association. (2010, April 6). Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 1990-1999. Retrieved May 8, 2011 from @http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/1990_1999/index.cfm This link shows the ALA's top 100 banned books of the decade according to the number of challenges a book recieves. The information is gathered by the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> ClassKC.org. (2005). //Creating Awareness of Education Standards//. Retrieved May 10, 2011 from @http://www.abffe.org/bbw-classkc-beloved.htm This website is a pro-banning and challenging website created by parents of children who attend school in the Blue Valley School District of Overland Park, Kansas. The website breaks down each book and provides textual examples of why they believe they book should be banned.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Other Reasons for being banned:** extreme violence, offensive language