Banned Books by M. E. Kerr

[Michelle Koh]

Reprinted by permission of the American Library Association

Banned Books Week is around the corner (September 29 – October 6) and it seems like the right time to note books by M. E. Kerr that have been banned or challenged over the years. I will list what  I know and I hope M. E. Kerr will chime in and make additions or correct me.

Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack -Banned or challenged for “references to religion, drug use and potential use of heroin.”

Gentlehands – Banned or challenged for “showing one Nazi in a positive light.”

Hello I Lied – Banned or challenged for “homosexual content.”

I’ll Love You When You’re More Like Me – Banned or challenged because “a character has a gay friend.”

Night Kites – Banned or challenged for “discussing AIDS and homosexuality.”

I believe the following titles were “challenged” which means questioned but not banned:

Deliver Us from Evie

Fell

Slap Your Sides

What Became of Her

 

Related links:

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek

http://bannedbooksweek.org/

http://www.washoecounty.us/repository/files/8/bb%20list.pdf

http://wiu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=217701&sid=1816633

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/free_downloads

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