{"id":815,"date":"2014-04-22T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=815"},"modified":"2014-05-06T21:03:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T02:03:03","slug":"ala-announces-list-of-2013-most-challenged-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/815","title":{"rendered":"ALA Announces List of 2013 Most Challenged Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only <a href=\"http:\/\/bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com\/bookshelves_of_doom\/2014\/04\/top-10-most-frequently-challenged-books-of-2013.html\">one out of the top ten of ALA\u2019s 2013 challenged books <\/a>is for homosexuality \u2013 <em>The Perks of Being a Wallflower. <\/em>Are values changing?<\/p>\n<p>View all ten books in the slideshow below.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-815 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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