전미도서관협회, 부모 요청 금서 도서 탑 10에 오른 책들

1. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10

Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020

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The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 156 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2020. Of the 273 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged, along with the reasons cited for censoring the books:

1. George by Alex Gino
   Reasons: Challenged, banned, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community”
2. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
   Reasons: Banned and challenged because of author’s public statements, and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents” and does not encompass racism against all people
3. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
   Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, drug use, and alcoholism, and because it was thought to promote anti-police views, contain divisive topics, and be “too much of a sensitive matter right now”
4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
   Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint and it was claimed to be biased against male students, and for the novel’s inclusion of rape and profanity
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
   Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and allegations of sexual misconduct by the author
6. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
   Reasons: Challenged for “divisive language” and because it was thought to promote anti-police views
7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
   Reasons: Banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experience
8. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
   Reasons: Banned and challenged for racial slurs and racist stereotypes, and their negative effect on students
9. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
   Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and depicts child sexual abuse
10. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
    Reasons: Challenged for profanity, and it was thought to promote an anti-police message

 국내에 번역된 책들만

1. 김동화 <황토빛 이야기>.
2. 수잔 콜린스 <헝거게임 3부작> 수잔 콜린스의 액션 SF. 이를테면 미국판 <배틀로얄>. <뉴욕타임스> 베스트셀러 1위
3. 도리 힐레스타드 버틀러 <동생이 생겼어요!> 미국에서 가장 주목받는 청소년, 아동 문학 작가 도리 힐레스타드 버틀러의 그림책! 그림책이다! 그림책이라고!
4. 셔먼 알렉시 <짝퉁 인디언의 생짜일기>, 내셔널 북어워드 수상작가이며, 시인이며 영화제작자인 셔먼 알렉시의 청소년 성장 소설이자 위로의 책.
5. 필리스 레이놀즈 네일러 <엘리스>(국내 미번역인 듯함) 필리스 레이놀즈 네일러. 역시 미국의 대표적인 아동, 청소년 문학가.
6. 올더스 헉슬리 <멋진 신세계> 1932년에 출간된 대표적인 SF! 도대체 이게 왜?
7. 소냐 존스 <니가 제일 좋아> 소냐 존스의 대표적 청소년 도서. 네이버 책에 의하면 미국의 수많은 도서관련 단체들로부터 청소년대상 우수도서, 혹은 추천도서로 선정된 작품
8. 세실리 본 지게사 <가십걸>. 역시 <뉴욕타임즈>가 선정한 베스트 셀러. 청소년 도서이며, 바로 그 드라마 <가십걸>의 원작 소설.
9. 하퍼 리 <앵무새 죽이기>. 바로 그 소설 <앵무새 죽이기>!