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Why are they challenged?


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (started, couldn't get into it)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Carrie by Stephen King
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Private Parts by Howard Stern (saw the movie!)
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

I've read these:

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
*A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Blubber by Judy Blume
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Deenie by Judy Blume
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
*A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cujo by Stephen King
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
*Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Carrie by Stephen King
*The Dead Zone by Stephen King
*The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
*The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The color Purple by Alice Walker
*A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Deenie by Judy Blume
*A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell


Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
*The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
*Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Carrie by Stephen King
*The Dead Zone by Stephen King
*The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
*The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling

My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
*A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Deenie by Judy Blume

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Ordinary People by Judith Guest
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (I wasn't too keen on this book.)
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel (My friends and I read all of these during middle school - we loved the sex scenes )
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Witches by Roald Dahl (I LOVE Roald Dahl!)
Blubber by Judy Blume
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Pigman by Paul Zindel (Read this in elementary school and LOVED it.)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (One of my all-time favorites.)
Cujo by Stephen King (I gave this to my 5th grade "boyfriend"... his mom flipped out and said my mom was a bad mother for allowing me to read SK )
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Carrie by Stephen King
The Dead Zone by Stephen
Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
*The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
*A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Blubber by Judy Blume
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
*A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
*Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
*The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford

What the hell is wrong with "Where's Waldo?"???

I wondered that, too... and found this:

Although most of us are searching for Waldo among the crowd in the illustrations of this book, some folks have discovered something else entirely—purportedly a topless sunbather. The book was challenged by libraries in Michigan on the grounds that "on some of the pages there are dirty things."

Sounds to me like these librarians need to get a life and chill out

I read most of these by the end of high school. This makes me want to reread a few!

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
*The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume (I think I was about 12 when I read this, and I remember really enjoying it)
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier (This takes me back to 5th grade, with this horrible teacher. He was mean, but he had good books!)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (I also didn't like this too much, but I'd like to reread it now that I'm older.)
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
*A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (LOVED this book, and I think I read the second one in the series too)
Blubber by Judy Blume
The Pigman by Paul Zindel (OMG!! I read this in maybe 6th or 7th grade, and it was awesome! Wasn't there a sequel too? I'd totally like to reread this.)
Deenie by Judy Blume
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (Classic.)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (I remember reading this in school...maybe 4th grade or so?)

Can you tell that I loved Judy Blume? It always makes me sad that her books are banned so much. They were a necessary part of my adolescence, IMO.

And um, does anyone have "Sex" by Madonna? I've always wanted to read it. Is it really erotic?