Why Is Gossip Girl Banned

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Cecily Von Ziegesar is the famous author who wrote the famous book Gossip Girl. Ziegesar was born June 27th 1970 in New York City, New York. She is currently living still living in New York with her husband and two children. She attended college at Colby College and got her BA in english. After one year of attending University of Arizona, Ziegesar dropped out of the MFA program. MFA is the Masters of FIne Art program. Ziegesar was originally a middle grade fiction series editor with Alloy Entertainment. While containing that job, she began writing a book called Gossip GIrl for her job. She eventually quit and started writing.
After doing some research, I have concluded that this is the only book that she has wrote that is banned or challenged. …show more content…

I like all the crazy twist is throws at you. Like when we found out that Serena started dating her best friend, Blair, boyfriend Nate. I also like how some people can relate to all the drama. However, I do not like how sexual it can get at times. It is a really cool book but it goes too much into detail. I would love the book if it did not have intense things.
One theme I believe could of been a reason to why it was banned is that talks about the “coming of age”. The author states, “A strong coming-of-age theme is symbolized by the transition that many of the kids are making from their carefree and privileged life in Manhattan, New York to university life” (Book Rags). This may be true because it did talk a lot about drugs and sexual content so some people may have found it offensive.
I do not think that they should ban this book. Gossip Girl is a very interesting book that a lot of people, I believe, would like. Everyone loves gossip and that is what this book is about. It also talks about High School situations. The situations may be over dramatic but some are relatable. Even though I was not a big fan of this book because of how sexual it would get, a lot of people do like it. If you do not like the book or your guardians do not like the book then do not read it. Just because some people do not like it does not mean that they should ban it so no one else can read it

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