Meyer's multimillion-selling "Twilight" series was ranked No. 5 on the annual segnala of "challenged books" released Wednesday da the American biblioteca Association. Meyer's stories of Vampiri#From Dracula to Buffy... and all creatures of the night in between. and teen romance have been criticized for sexual content; a biblioteca association official also thinks that the "Twilight" series reflects general unease about Supernatural stories.
"Vampire novels have been a target for years and the `Twilight' libri are so immensely popolare that a lot of the concerns people have had about Vampiri#From Dracula to Buffy... and all creatures of the night in between. are focused on her books," says Barbara Jones, director of the association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Christian groups for years have protested the themes of wizardry in Rowling's books, which don't appear on the current superiore, in alto 10.
Topping the 2009 chart was Lauren Myracle's "IM" series, novels told through instant messages that have been criticized for nudity, language and drug references. Last year's No. 1 book, "And Tango Makes Three," da Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, is now No. 2, cited again for its story about two male penguins adopting a baby. Third was Stephen Chbosky's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," for which the many reasons include drugs, suicide, homosexuality and being antifamily.
Also cited were such perennials as J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" (sexual content, language), Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" (language, racism), Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" (sexual content, language) and Robert Cormier's "The Cioccolato War" (nudity, language, sexual content).
The ALA recorded 460 challenges in 2009, a drop from 513 the anno before, and 81 libri actually being removed. The ALA defines a challenge as a "formal, written complaint filed with a biblioteca o school requesting that materials be removed becauseof content o appropriateness."
For every challenge tallied, about four o five end up unreported, according to the ALA.
