Stephenie Meyer, the hottest author for young people since J.K. Rowling, has a new link to the creator of “Harry Potter”: a place high on the list of books most complained about by parents and educators. Meyer's multimillion-selling “Twilight” series was ranked No. 5 on the annual report of “challenged books” released Wednesday by the American Library Association. Meyer's stories of vampires and teen romance have been criticized for adult content; a library association official also thinks that the “Twilight” series reflects general unease about supernatural stories. Topping the 2009 chart was Lauren Myracle's “IM” series, novels told through instant messages that have been criticized for nudity, language and drug references. Last year's No. 1 book, “And Tango Makes Three,” by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, is now No. 2. Third was Stephen Chbosky's “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”. Also cited were such perennials as J.D. Salinger's “The Catcher in the Rye”, Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Alice Walker's “The Color Purple” and Robert Cormier's “The Chocolate War”.
