1. Banned Books Week September 24 - October 2 Protect your fREADom!!

2. Each year, hundreds of books are challenged. This means people attempt to have them removed from libraries, schools, and bookstores.

3. People or groups who felt they had the right to decide what was appropriate for others to read.

4. These are the top 10 challenged books of 2009. Read…and enjoy!

5. Challenged for sexually explicit material, offensive language, being unsuited to the target age group, and drugs.

6. Challenged for homosexuality, anti-family, and unsuited for target age group.

7. Challenged for offensive language, sexually explicit, anti-family, and unsuited for target age group.

8. Challenged for racism, offensive language, sexuality.

9. Challenged for being sexually explicit, religious viewpoints, unsuited to target age group.

10. Challenged for sexually explicitness, offensive language, and unsuited to target age group.

11. Challenged for sexism, homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited to target age group, drugs, suicide, and violence.

12. Challenged for being sexually explicit, offensive language, being anti-family, and unsuited to target age group.

13. Challenged for being sexually explicit, offensive language, and unsuited to age group.

14. Challenged for nudity, being sexually explicit, offensive language, and unsuited to target age group.

15. Music: Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix) byK'naanTroubadour