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Twilight Saga Among Most Challenged Books
Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series is a worldwide phenomenon, with millions of copies in print, two hit movie adaptations, at least two more on the way, and merchandise ranging from T-shirts to body pillows.
Apparently some people aren’t too happy about all that.
The “Twilight” series made the American Library Association’s list of the most frequently challenged books of 2009. The group tracks formal complaints filed against libraries and schools from people who, for whatever reason, want a book removed from shelves. Despite its reputation as a relatively chaste human-vampire romance, the series has drawn complaints for being “sexually explicit” and “unsuited to age group.”
On the other hand, it also drew challenges for its “religious viewpoint.” So which is it, stiflers of free expression?
No. 1 on the library association’s 2009 list is the “IM” series by Lauren Myracle — books written as a series of instant-message conversations between three teenage friends and involve sex and drugs as well as the usual high-school drama. “And Tango Makes Three,” a children’s book about two male penguins who are given an egg to care for — and which is based on a true story of two penguins at the Central Park Zoo in New York — is No. 2.
Classics like “Catcher in the Rye,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Color Purple” are also on the hit list.
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