Offensive+Language

Offensive language includes profanity, racial slurs, blasphemy, and other verbal abuse.

**Title:** The Catcher in the Rye  **Author:** J.D. Salinger  **Publication Year:** 1951  **What type of offensive language:** racial slurs, profanity, blasphemy

 According to the ALA, //Catcher in the Rye// was the 19th most challenged book from 2000-2009. In the years 1990-1999 it was the 10th 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.

 ClassKC.org. (2005). //Creating Awareness of Education Standards//. Retrieved May 10, 2011 from @http://www.classkc.org/review.php?book=Catcher_in_the_Rye 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.

**Other Reasons for being banned:** sexuality, drugs and alcohol, violence, religious viewpoint

**Title:** Of Mice and Men  **Author:** John Steinbeck  **Publication Year:** 1937  **What type of offensive language:** profanity, racial slur, blasphemy

 According to the ALA, //Of Mice and Men// was the 5th most challenged book from 2000-2009. In the years 1990-1999 it was the 6th 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.classkc.org/review.php?book=Of_Mice_and_Men 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:** homosexuality, violence

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Title:** The Chocolate War <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Author:** Robert Cormier <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **Publication Year:** 1974 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> **What type of offensive language:** profanity

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-left: 0.5in;"> According to the ALA, //Of Mice and Men// was the 3rd most challenged book from 2000-2009. In the years 1990-1999 it was the 4th 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, August 10). //The Chocolate War//. Banned Books Week. Retrieved May 10, 2011 from @http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/chocolatewar.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:** sexuality, violence