b_b: I have never heard of #1 on the list ttyl. I just read a review, and apparently it is written completely in instant messages between three friends. IMO it should be banned, and I've never said that about any book, ever. Ok, maybe not banned, but good god, it sounds like an assault on the English language. My mom, in her last years as an English teacher before retiring, complained a lot about kids who thought nothing of throwing an abbreviation (lol, for example) into an assignment. I fear this book will make that seem acceptable even moreso. James Joyce must be rolling over in his grave.I've always thought that if I had a kid I would encourage her/him to read books on the banned list. But if its going to be populated by trash like ttyl and Gossip Girl, I suppose not. At least BNW and To Kill a Mockingbird still made the cut. I'm glad to see Hunger Games on there, too. I didn't read it, but the movie was pretty heavy for a kid to watch, lots of death, lots of insubordination and revolution; awesome. If I ever wrote a novel, I would consider it a badge of honor to piss of that many morons.