James+and+the+Giant+Peach


 * 1) ** Name: ** James and the Giant Peach
 * 2) ** Author: ** Roald Dahl
 * 3) ** Description: ** It’s the adventure a boy takes when he escapes from his two nasty aunts in a giant peach where he befriends different insects.
 * 4) ** Genre: ** Fantasy
 * 5) ** Situations in the book that are questionable: ** using the word “ass,” scary parts, references to alcohol and tobacco (Baldassarro, 2011).
 * 6) ** General public’s opinion: ** People love the book. They especially love the imaginative characters and the creative storyline. They think it’s funny and written very well (Goodreads.com).
 * 7) ** History of censorship: ** It is number 56 in the American Library Association top 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990 to 2001. A school in Indiana challenged the book because of the magic involved with the crocodile tongues. It was once banned in Wisconsin because of the spider licking her licks can have a sexual meaning. In 1991, in Altoona, Wisconsin because of the word “ass” used in the story. Another challenge was made in Hernando County, Florida when a woman had an issue with the grasshopper’s line “I’d rather be fried alive and eaten by a Mexican” as well as references to tobacco and whiskey (Baldassarro, 2011).
 * 8) ** Developmental age: ** 9-12 (ARbookfind.com)

References

Baldassarro, W. (2011). //Banned Book Awareness: James and the Giant Peach.// Banned Books Awareness. Retrieved from: [] awareness-james-giant-peach/

Goodreads. (2012). Retrieved from: http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8= ✓ &query=james+and+the+giant+peach

ARbookfind. (2012). Retrieved from: http://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail.aspx?q=5494&l=EN&slid=284176540

Very interesting, another book I am shocked to see on the banned list.