Meyer's multimillion-selling "Twilight" series was ranked No. 5 on the annual رپورٹ of "challenged books" released Wednesday سے طرف کی the American لائبریری Association. Meyer's stories of vampires and teen romance have been criticized for sexual content; a لائبریری association official also thinks that the "Twilight" series reflects general unease about supernatural stories.
"Vampire novels have been a target for years and the `Twilight' کتابیں are so immensely مقبول that a lot of the concerns people have had about vampires are focused on her books," says Barbara Jones, director of the association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
Christian groups for years have protested the themes of wizardry in Rowling's books, which don't appear on the current سب, سب سے اوپر 10.
Topping the 2009 chart was Lauren Myracle's "IM" series, novels told through instant messages that have been criticized for nudity, language and drug references. Last year's No. 1 book, "And Tango Makes Three," سے طرف کی Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, is now No. 2, cited again for its story about two male penguins adopting a baby. Third was Stephen Chbosky's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," for which the many reasons include drugs, suicide, homosexuality and being antifamily.
Also cited were such perennials as J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" (sexual content, language), Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" (language, racism), Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" (sexual content, language) and Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War" (nudity, language, sexual content).
The ALA recorded 460 challenges in 2009, a drop from 513 the سال before, and 81 کتابیں actually being removed. The ALA defines a challenge as a "formal, written complaint filed with a لائبریری یا school requesting that materials be removed becauseof content یا appropriateness."
For every challenge tallied, about four یا five end up unreported, according to the ALA.
