Book banning is so medieval.

The American Library Association (ALA) has a wealth of information associated with Banned Books Week, which began on September 23 and continues through September 30.

The ALA has released a list of the most challenged books of the 21st century, and two guesses which book sits at the very top? That's right, our own Harry Potter. No doubt Christians led the charge against the series about an orphaned boy who learns that he's a wizard hunted by the most evil wizard in the world. Here's the list:

1. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
2. "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
3. Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
4. "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
5. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
6. "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
7. "It's Perfectly Normal" by Robie Harris
8. Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz
9. Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
10. "Forever" by Judy Blume

Christians would do well to remember that the Bible is also a challenged book. Remember Laura Mallory, the Gwinnett County, GA, woman who challenged the Harry Potter series? Here are my thoughts.

(Photo credit: Gwinnett Daily Post)