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Banned Books Week 2011: Top 10 most challenged books of 2010

The 10 books most banned or challenged by communities throughout the US in 2010, according to the American Library Association.
10 most frequently challenged books of 2010

Every year at this time the American Library Association compiles its list of "most frequently challenged" library books from the past year. The 2010 list includes some titles carried over from previous years (No. 1 on the list, "And Tango Makes Three," has appeared on the top of the "most challenged" list every year since its 2005 publication) and some new ones (including No. 5, teen bestseller "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, causing The Washington Post to comment that making the list has become "a virtual rite of passage for young adult sensations.")
Here are the 10 books on the top of the 2010 list.

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Why New Hampshire lets parents have broad say over children's coursework

A new law in New Hampshire lets parents object to school coursework and request that their children learn alternative material. It may readjust the balance between parents' rights and educators' judgment.
Banned Books Week 2011: Top 10 most challenged books of 2010

The 10 books most banned or challenged by communities throughout the US in 2010, according to the American Library Association.
10 most frequently challenged books of 2010

Every year at this time the American Library Association compiles its list of "most frequently challenged" library books from the past year. The 2010 list includes some titles carried over from previous years (No. 1 on the list, "And Tango Makes Three," has appeared on the top of the "most challenged" list every year since its 2005 publication) and some new ones (including No. 5, teen bestseller "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, causing The Washington Post to comment that making the list has become "a virtual rite of passage for young adult sensations.")
Here are the 10 books on the top of the 2010 list.
Bestelling books the week of 8/19/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
Ether: Seven Stories and a Novella

The characters in this striking debut short story collection wrestle with questions of success, failure, commitment, and responsibility.
Bright-Sided

Is feel-good actually bad?
A longing to be heard and understood

Acknowledgement is the first step toward establishing a human connection.
Bright Green
Roundup: Smart Cars, the end of civilization, and fat-to-fuel

A look at what's happening on some of those other websites.
Letters to the Editor

Readers write about immigration reform and life in poverty.
Homeless: Can you build a life from $25?

In a test of the American Dream, Adam Shepard started life from scratch with the clothes on his back and twenty-five dollars. Ten months later, he had an apartment, a car, and a small savings.