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• The Wrinkle in Time Quartet

  L'Engle, Madeleine

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  "#23 on the American Library Association’s (ALA) 100 most frequently challenged books from 1990-1999, and #90 on the ALA’s list from 2000-2009. These challenges focused mainly on the book’s blend of religion, the supernatural, and science, and has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

  Blume, Judy

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  "Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is frequently challenged for its portrayal of religion and its frank discussions of puberty and sexuality." Source: Banned Books Project, Carnegie Mellon

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• 1984

  a Novel

  Orwell, George, 1903-1950

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  Challenged for a passage that was considered sexually explicit and violent. "On August 12, 2024, the board of the Elizabeth School District (CO) announced they were removing 19 titles from school libraries 'for review' and requiring parental…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie

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  "... the book was challenged, alongside Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely’s acclaimed All American Boys, by the Fraternal Order of Police in Charleston, South Carolina, where the books are part of the Wando High School summer reading list. President…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

  Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963

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  "Challenged for: promoting the occult and mysticism; promoting Wicca religion; anti-Christian; violence. C.S. Lewis was a Christian theologian who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia to help children understand Christian ideas." Source: The University of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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• Catch-22

  Heller, Joseph

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  "The novel was banned once and had two major challenges brought against it. The banning occurred in Strongsville, Ohio, where the book was removed from the school library in 1972. The primary reason for this removal, according to the school, was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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• To Kill a Mockingbird

  Lee, Harper

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  "Challenged at the Brentwood, Tenn. Middle School (2006) because the book contains 'profanity' and 'contains adult themes such as sexual intercourse, rape, and incest.' The complainants also contend that the book's use of racial slurs promotes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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• The Color Purple

  Walker, Alice, 1944-

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  "The Color Purple has been challenged multiple times since it published, including most recently in 2017. The book has been banned from school libraries in the United States between 1984 to 2013. Parents are the most common group attempting to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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• Lord of the Flies

  Golding, William, 1911-1993

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  "Challenged, but retained on the ninth-grade accelerated English reading list in Bloomfield, N.Y. (2000). The board was still set to review Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, and A Death in the Family, by James Agee." Source: Illinois Library…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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• Sophie's Choice

  Styron, William

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  Banned in South Africa for unstated reasons, but the author suspected that it was due to sexual explicitness. La Mirada high school in California removed Sophie’s Choice from library shelves in September after a parent complained about the novel’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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