Want a book?

The American Libray Association has published its list of the 10 Most Banned Books of 2004 here.

They are:

"The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
"Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
"Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture" by Michael A. Bellesiles
The Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
"What My Mother Doesn't Know" by Sonya Sones
"In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak
"King & King" by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

A full list of the 100 most banned books from 1990-2000 is here.


My offer, which may be complete bluster because I have about .3 readers, is this: Anyone who reads this blog and wants one of those books above, drop me an email. I'll send you one. It'll probably be a used one from Amazon, but a free book's a free book. If you'd rather it go to a library, let me know. And if it starts to become an actual costly donation process, I reserve the right to amend things.

My only requirement: That if you ask for a book, you post this list somewhere and offer to buy one other person one single book off of that list.

Let the unbanning begin!

Thanks to Bookslut for the links.