why has this book been challenged? A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group
2007-12-08 12:05:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Various reasons-- because of the death of a character, the mild swearing, secular humanism, even Satanism I suppose because of the fantasy elements.
http://www.ala.org/al_onlineTemplate.cfm?Section=february2004&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=57831
There's a good defense here:
http://www.ncte.org/about/issues/censorship/resources/113744.htm
2007-12-08 13:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by princessmikey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people are morons. I thought that the book/movie was sad as hell but pretty harmless on the whole. Mild fantasy with a death involved, there's definitely worse out there.
2007-12-08 12:07:36 · answer #2 · answered by Flavor Vortex 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of our country's tolerance for closed-minded zealots.
2007-12-08 14:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by H_A_V_0_C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have no idea!
2007-12-08 12:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by rockstar 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cuz it is
2007-12-08 12:08:06 · answer #5 · answered by .:La Damita:. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋