Top 24 Most Banned Books

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Top 24 Most Banned Books

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Scary Stories

• More traditional and modern-day stories of
  ghosts, haunts, monsters, and many other scary
  things.
• By Alvin Schwartz

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Why was it banned?

• It could have been banned because religious
  reasons and some thought it was too scary.

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A Wrinkle in Time

• Meg and her friends come in contact with
  unearthly creatures and a search for her father,
  who disappears while engaged in secret work for
  the government.
• By Madeleine LEngle

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Why was it banned?

• It was banned because of wizardry.

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• The story of a young boy, his friends, and their
  lives on the Mississippi River.
• By Mark Twain

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Why was it banned?

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been
  banned because of the slang used to describe
  African Americans, and other trashy, and racist
  content.

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Harry Potter Books

• A fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of
  Witchcraft and Wizardry, longs to escape his
  hateful relatives, the Dursleys, and live as a
  normal wizard, but Harry doesn't know he is a
  normal wizard.
• By J.K. Rowling

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Why were they banned?

• Harry Potter has been banned because some say
  they promote wizardry, witchcraft, and magic.

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Bridge to Terabithia

• The life of a ten-year-old boy in Virginia
  expands when he meets a newcomer who meets a
  untimely death trying to reach their hideout,
  Terabithia, during a storm.
• By Katherine Paterson

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Why was it banned?

• Its was banned because of the foul language, some
  say it promotes a fantasy world, and it has an
  upsetting ending.

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Alice in Rapture, Sort of

• The summer before the seventh grade becomes the
  summer of Alice's first boyfriend, she finds out
  that love is the most mixed-up thing that can
  happen to you, especially when you dont have a
  mom for advice.
• By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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Why was it banned?

• It was banned because of an upsetting ending.

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My Brother Sam is Dead

• The tragedy strikes the Meeker family during the
  Revolution when one son joins the rebel force
  while the rest of the family tries to stay
  neutral at Tory Town.
• By James Collier

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Why was it banned?

• It was banned because of profanity and slang.

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Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking
Toilets.

• Principle Krupp once again turns into Captain
  Underpants in order to save the world from
  talking toilets and the Turbo Toilet 2000.
• By Dan Pilkey

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Why was it banned?

• It was banned because of anti-family content.

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GoosebumpsThe Haunted School

• Tommy Frazer is new to the Bell Valley Middle
  School and he finds it hard to make friends then
  he finds it hard to find anything with a maze of
  empty classrooms that have voices crying for help
  behind the walls.
• By R.L. Stine

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because some people say it is
  too scary.

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A Day No Pigs Would Die

• To a thirteen-year-old farm boy from Vermont
  whose father slaughters pigs for a living,
  maturity comes early by learning doing whats
  got to be done, especially regarding his pet who
  cannot produce litter.
• By Robert Newton Peck

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Why was it banned?

• Description of pigs being slaughtered.

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The Great Gilly Hopkins

• An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope
  with her longings and fears as she schemes
  against everyone to be friendly.

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Why was it banned?

• It is banned because of language and character
  conduct.

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The Witches

• A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is
  a wizard expert, together fool a witches plot to
  destroy the earths children by turning them into
  mice.
• By Roald Dahl

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because of religious objection
  to witches and violence.

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Blubber

• Jill goes along with the rest of the fifth-grade
  class in tormenting a classmate and then finds
  out what its like when she, too, becomes a
  target.
• By Judy Blume

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Why was it banned?

• Because of the language and physical maturity.

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Julie of the Wolves

• While running away from home and an unwanted
  marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes
  lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is
  befriended by a wolf pack.
• By Jean Craighead George

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Why was it banned?

• It is banned because the main character gets
  married at age 13.

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The Outsiders

• Three brothers struggle to stay together after
  their parents death, as they search for an
  identity among the conflicting society in in
  which they find themselves outsiders.
• By S.E. Hinton

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Why was it banned?

• It was banned because of the abuse of drugs,
  language, and violence depicted in the book.

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The Pigman

• Two young people befriend an older man, Mr.
  Pignati, and learns his awful secret.
• By Paul Zindel

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because of its portrayal of
  liars, cheaters, and stealers.

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The Boy who Lost his face

• David receives a curse from an elderly woman he
  has helped his schoolmates attack, and he regrets
  that he does what others want him to for the sake
  of popularity.
• By Louis Sachar

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because it contains mysticism.

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A Light in the Attic

• A collection of humorous poetry.
• By Shel Silverstein

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because it encourages
  messiness and disobedience.

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James and the Giant Peach

• James enters a big peach as a house a finds
  wonderful friends.
• By Roald Dahl

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because of mysticism and
  references to tobacco and whiskey.

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Crazy Lady

• As he tries to come to terms with his mothers
  death, Vernon finds solace in his growing
  relationship with the neighborhood outcast, an
  alcoholic, and her restarted son
• By Jane Leslie Conly

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because it contains offensive
  language.

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The Face on the Milk Carton

• A photograph of a missing child on a milk carton
  leads Janie on a search for her real identity.
• By Caroline Cooney

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because of the topic of
  abducted children and challenge to authority.

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Summer of My German Soldier

• Sheltering an escaped prisoner of war is the
  beginning of some experiences for a
  twelve-year-old girl in Arkansas.
• By Bette Greene

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because of racism and
  offensive language.

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How to Eat Fried Worms

• Two boys make a bet about worms. The bet is to
  eat 10 fried worms in 10 days.
• Do they do it?
• By Thomas Rockwell

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Why was it banned?

• It has been banned because it encourages
  inappropriate behavior.

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