Meyer's multimillion-selling "Twilight" series was ranked No. 5 on the annual ripoti of "challenged books" released Wednesday kwa the American maktaba Association. Meyer's stories of Wanyonya damu and teen romance have been criticized for sexual content; a maktaba 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' vitabu are so immensely maarufu that a lot of the concerns people have had about Wanyonya damu 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 juu 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," kwa 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 chokoleti War" (nudity, language, sexual content).
The ALA recorded 460 challenges in 2009, a drop from 513 the mwaka before, and 81 vitabu actually being removed. The ALA defines a challenge as a "formal, written complaint filed with a maktaba au school requesting that materials be removed becauseof content au appropriateness."
For every challenge tallied, about four au five end up unreported, according to the ALA.
