Help celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Freedom to Read by reading a frequently challenged book during Banned Books Week! Banned Books Week runs from September 30th through October 6th. Books have been banned and challenged for a wide variety of reasons such as violence, language, religious viewpoint, and many others.
For more information about banned books check out this website: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned
Below are some of the most frequently challenged books in the last 10 years.
TTFN by Lauren Myracle
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Lush by Natasha Friend
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Forever by Judy Blume
Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey
It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families by Robie H. Harris
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers
Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Michael A. Bellesiles
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
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