M.E. Kerr and Banned Books Week 2015

Happy Banned Books Week! M. E. Kerr has joined the ranks of authors who have works banned for various reasons. I will re-post previously gathered information below:

Reprinted by permission of the American Library Association

As it is Banned Books Week, it seems like the right time to note books by M. E. Kerr that have been banned or challenged over the years. I will list what  I know and I hope M. E. Kerr will chime in and make additions or correct me.

Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack -Banned or challenged for “references to religion, drug use and potential use of heroin.”

Gentlehands – Banned or challenged for “showing one Nazi in a positive light.”

Hello I Lied – Banned or challenged for “homosexual content.”

I’ll Love You When You’re More Like Me – Banned or challenged because “a character has a gay friend.”

Night Kites – Banned or challenged for “discussing AIDS and homosexuality.”

I believe the following titles were “challenged” which means questioned but not banned:

Deliver Us from Evie

Fell

Slap Your Sides

What Became of Her

Related links:

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek

http://bannedbooksweek.org/

http://www.washoecounty.us/repository/files/8/bb%20list.pdf

http://wiu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=217701&sid=1816633

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/free_downloads