What books were challenged in 2011?

Objection to literary content has been around as long as there has been more than one idea expressed in written form.  Libraries gather information about challenged and banned books.  The American Library Association (ALA) has released the list of challenged books for 2011. According the ALA, a challenged book is defined as “a formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that a book or other material be restricted or removed because of its content or appropriateness.”   The ALA estimates that for every reported challenge four or five challenges go unreported.  (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/challengeslibrarymaterials/challengereporting)

Here is the 2011 list of books including the reasons for the challenge:

1)  ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

2) The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

3)  The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
Anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence

4)  My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

5)  The Absolutely True Diary of aPart-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group

6)  Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint

7)  Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit

8)  What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
Nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit

9)  Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit

10)  To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Offensive language; racism