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It may surprise you to know that Harry Potter is at the top of the list of the most challenged books of 21st Century. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials because of the objections of a person or group. Sometimes a challenged book is baned or removed.

When a person challenges a book they are doing more than expressing their point of view. A challenge is an attempt to remove materal from the school curriculum, the media center or a public library. The following is a lsit of teh top 10 most challenged books from 2000-2005 and the Harry Potter series leads the pack.

1. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
2. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
3. Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
4. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
6. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
7. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
8. Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz
9. Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
10. Forever by Judy Blume

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Now you can get free help even if you don't want to come into the library or don't want to use the 'phone. The new service is called infoAnytime, and that does mean 24/7. All you need is a computer and you can link to the service through the TeenZone web page where you see the infoAnytime logo. Once in the infoAnytime site, you only have to identify your library, and you can begin chatting with a librarian. Some of the librarians are fluent in Spanish if you want to make your request in Spanish.

You might also want to check out the links on the TeenZone Homework page. If you know of any links that you like better, let me know. I am always looking to upgrade the links on the Homework page.

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