♥Do any of u guys know why this book was banned?

Question

The book is called the giver....do u know why it was bannded from the libraies? Why parents proably didnt want their kids to read it?

Answer 1

The book is not actually banned (not everywhere). The following are some of the reasons that people have challenged the book.

The Giver was challenged in 1995 by a parent in Franklin County, Kansas, on the grounds that it is "concerned with murder, suicide, and the degradation of motherhood and adolescence." The book was removed from elementary libraries but remained available for classroom use at teachers' discretion.
In Wrenshall, Minnesota, a school board member and two parents objected to the inclusion of The Giver on a list of books to be purchased for a high school, on the grounds of offensive language and objectionable themes. The school board approved the book but stipulated that parents would receive a list of books to be studied during the year.
In Johnson County, Missouri, complainants charged that The Giver desensitized children to euthanasia and asked that the book "not be read in class to children under high school age." The book remains in the high school section of the K-12 library.
A parent in Sidney, New York, publicly objected to the novel's "usage of mind control, selective breeding, and the elimination of the old and young alike when they are weak, feeble and of no more use..." but did not file a formal complaint.
A review committee in Brecksville, Ohio, recommended the removal of The Giver from an elementary library. Objections referred to infanticide and adult themes in the novel. The book was removed.
Somewhere in Oklahoma (no city given), a parent objected to the novel's use of terms such as "clairvoyance," "transcendent," and "guided imagery," because these are "all occult New Age practices the Bible tells us to avoid." The review committee voted unanimously to retain the book but prohibited it from being read aloud in fourth grade. The committee also recommended that immature readers be discouraged from trying it, and that the librarian should make fewer copies available.
Medford, Oregon: In the absence of a formal review policy, language arts teachers decided not to use the book in seventh grade classrooms after a parent complained of graphic descriptions of euthanasia.
In 1994, The Giver was temporarily banned from classes by the Bonita Unified School District in LaVerne and San Dimas, California, after four parents complained that violent and sexual passages were inappropriate for children.
The book was restricted to students with parental permission at the Columbia Falls, Mont. school system in 1995 because of its treatment of themes of infanticide and euthanasia.

It may have been banned or removed from some school libraries, but it is not a banned book. Many schools still use it.

Answer 2

I've never heard of The Giver being banned from public libraries. What is your source?

Currently, all our sixth graders are reading The Giver. If any parent had had a complaint, another book would have been chosen for that child.

Answer 3

On January 6, 2005, the Associated Press wire service reported that parents in Blue Springs, Missouri wished to remove The Giver from the eighth-grade reading list, almost eight years after it was placed there. Parents referred to the book as "violent" and "sexually explicit". The case reached Kansas City in March 2005, where hearings were held to determine the book's status. Kansas City newspapers quoted parents as saying, "The lady writes well, but when it comes to the ideas in that book, they have no place in my kid's head", and the more general, "Everything presented to kids should be positive and uplifting".

Answer 4

I don't know, but I read that book in the sixth grade and I loved it. Banned books are the best books!

Answer 5

I have never heard of this book did you look this up online?
I did some research go to this website for a full review:

http://www.northern.edu/hastingw/Giver.html

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2001-07-20-the-giver.htm

The was dangerous because of its portrayal of suicide, euthanasia and infanticide in a neutral to positive light.

Answer 6

this site has various information about some of the reasons why it was banned: http://www.marshall.edu/LIBRARY/bannedbooks/books/giver.asp

Answer 7

Yes it was actually banned

Answer 8

hm i read that book in 8th grade, and it was good.
i don't know why it would be banned.

Answer 9

is that is that like a sex question?