The Internet Girls series is about three high-school girls who like to text each other about their troubles. Says Myracle, “If you’re gonna be on a list, you might as well be No. The Internet Girls series also topped the list in 2009 (and took third place in 2008). It’s not the first time Myracle (yes, that’s her real name, she says) has received top billing. (Translation: Talk to Ya Later, Ta Ta for Now, and Later, Gator.) Critics say the books, which focus on a trio of high-school friends, are sexually explicit and offensive. The books’ titles: ttyl, ttfn, and l8r, g8r. 1 with her Internet Girls series-three books written entirely in “instant-messaging” language. Myracle, who has been called a modern-day Judy Blume, is at No. The reasons range from “offensive language” to “racism,” according to the American Library Association.
In other words, these are the books that receive the most complaints at libraries and schools-the books people want to ban.
A series of her young-adult novels has topped this year’s annual list of “ Most Challenged Books,” released by the American Library Association. Lauren Myracle, a New York Times bestselling author, knows how to make parents mad.
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