Harry+Potter

According to Goodreads, the editor wrote how there has not been a book to capture a reader’s attention like this since The Chronicles of Narnia.
 * Name of book:** Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
 * Author:** J.K. Rowling
 * Description:** This series is about a boy named Harry Potter that finds out he is a wizard. The series follows him and his friends as he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and attempts to defeat an evil wizard.
 * Genre:** Fantasy Fiction
 * Questionable Items:** Critics consider that the characters in the story become involved in the occult and serious witchcraft.
 * Public’s Opinion:**This book has many people who give it 5 stars and love the book. There are many that think the book is overrated and they prefer classic stories over these.
 * History of Censorship:** According to the American Library Association, Harry Potter has been rated one of the most challenged books. They report there were more than 3,000 attempts to remove the books from schools and public libraries in 2000-2005.
 * 1) It is the number one book in the American Library Association list of books most commonly challenged. There were 26 challenges in 16 states just last year. In 1999 Gary Freensta, a school superintendent in Zeeland, Michigan, ordered teachers to stop reading Harry Potter books in the classrooms and for librarians to take them off the shelf. He eventually backed off, but still kept the ban for elementary students K-5 (Rees, 2000). A school in Hillsborough County will not add these books to the library because of all the witchcraft. When the principle was questioned, he said he was only being proactive to avoid the complaints that he knew that they school would receive. More recent complaints have been about the increasing violence in the series (Kelly, 2012).
 * Age Group:** 10-13

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Rees, M. (2000). // US Christian fundamentalists target Harry Potter books. // World Socialist Website. Retrieved from: [] Kelly, M. (2012). Censorship and book banning in america. //About.com//. []