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Banned and Challenged Books Banned and Challenged Books Fiction 1984 , by George Orwell Dreamland -- Sarah Dessen Abel's Island by William Steig Duplicate -- William Sleator Afterlife -- Gary Soto Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Mackler All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder All Together Now -- Sue Ellen Bridgers Evermore by Alyson Noel Athletic Shorts , by Chris Crutcher Executioner -- Jay Bennett Beyond the Chocolate War -- Robert Cormier Face on the Milk Carton -- Caroline Cooney Bless Me, Ultima , by Rudolfo Anaya Fade -- Robert Cormier Blubber , by Judy Blume Fallen Angels , by Walter Dean Meyers Body of Christopher Creed -- Carol Plum-Uc Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going Bone from a Dry Sea -- Peter Dickinson Feed -- Michael T. Anderson Both Sides Now -- Ruth Rennebaker Fell -- M.E. Kerr Brave -- Robert Lipsyte Flowers for Algernon , by Daniel Keyes Brave New World , by Aldous Huxley Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews Break with Charity: a Story about the Salem Witch Trials Forever , by Judy Blume -- Ann Rinaldi Freak the Mighty -- Rodman Philbrick Bridge to Terabithia , by Katherine Paterson Ghost Boy -- Iain Lawrence Broken Bridge -- Philip Pullman Girl Named Disaster -- Nancy Farmer Bronx Masquerade -- Nikki Grimes Giver , by Lois Lowry Building Blocks -- Cynthia Voigt Glory Field -- Walter Dean Myers Call of the Wild , by Jack London Go Ask Alice , by Anonymous Carrie , by Stephen King Gone with the Wind , by Margaret Mitchell Catalyst -- Laurie Halse Ande Good Night, Mr. Tom -- Michelle Magorian Catch-22 , by Joseph Heller Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar Catcher in the Rye , by J.D. Salinger Grapes of Wrath , by John Steinbeck Catherine, Called Birdy -- Karen Cushman Great Gatsby , by F. Scott Fitzgerald Chief -- Robert Lipsyte Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson Chinese Handcuffs -- Chris Crutcher Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered by Gary Paulsen Chocolate War , by Robert Cormier Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling Chronicles of Prydain (Series) by Lloyd Alexander Heaven -- Angela Johnson Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel His Dark Materials (trilogy) by Philip Pullman Coraline -- Neil Gaiman Holes by Louis Sachar Crank , by Ellen Hopkins Hoops -- Walter Dean Myers Crazy Lady! , by Jane Leslie Conly House of Stairs -- William Sleator Cut -- Patricia McCormick House of the Scorpion -- Nancy Farmer Danny: the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl Hunger Games (trilogy) by Suzanne Collin Dark is Rising -- Susan Cooper Hush -- Jacqueline Woodson David and Jonathan -- Cynthia Voigt I Am the Cheese -- Robert Cormier Day No Pigs Would Die , by Robert Newton Peck Imani All Mine by Connie Porter Dear One -- Jacqueline Woodson In the Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier Deenie -- Judy Blume Interstellar Pig -- William Sleator Devil's Arithmetic -- Jane Yolen Ironman by Chris Crutcher Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt Izzy, Willy-Nilly -- Cynthia Voigt Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack -- M.E. Kerr Jacob Have I Loved -- Katherine Paterson Dogsong -- Gary Paulsen Jazmin's Notebook -- Nikki Grimes Don’t Look Behind You by Lois Duncan Julie of the Wolves , by Jean Craighead George Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey -- Margaret Jump Ship to Freedom , by James Lincoln Collier and Haddix Christopher Collier Down A Dark Hall by Lois Duncan Jumper , by Steven Gould Downsiders -- Neal Shusterman Kaffir Boy , by Mark Mathabane Dragonwings -- Laurence Yep Keeper of the Night -- Kimberly Willis Holt Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini We All Fall Down , by Robert Cormier Land -- Mildred Taylor Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block Lord of the Flies , by William Golding Whale Talk , by Chris Crutcher Lord of the Rings , (trilogy) by J.R.R. Tolkien What My Mother Doesn't Know , by Sonya Sones Lush by Natasha Friend When She Hollers -- Cynthia Voigt Make Lemonade -- Virginia Euwer Wolff White Lilacs -- Carolyn Meyer Memory -- Margaret Mahy Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder Midwife's Apprentice -- Karen Cushman Witness -- Karen Hesse Miracle's Boys -- Jacqueline Woodson Wolf Rider – Avi Monster -- Walter Dean Myers Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce My Brother Sam is Dead , by James Lincoln Collier and Wrinkle in Time , by Madeleine L’Engle Christopher Collier My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult Of Mice and Men , by John Steinbeck Non-fiction Olive’s Ocean -- Kevin Henkes On My Honor , by Marion Dane Baue Always Running , by Luis Rodriguez One Fat Summer -- Robert Lipsyte Bad Boy: A Memoir -- Walter Dean Myers Orfe by Cynthia Voigt Farewell to Manzanar -- Jeanne Wakatuski Houston Out of the Dust -- Karen Hesse Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary Outsiders , by S.E. Hinton I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , by Maya Angelou Perks of Being A Wallflower , by Stephen Chbosky The Greatest: Muhammad Ali -- Walter Dean Myers Pigman , by Paul Zindel Prank -- Kathryn Lasky Princess on the Brink by Meg Cabot Raging Quiet -- Sherryl Jordan Road to Memphis -- Mildred D. Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry , by Mildred D. Taylor Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman Running Loose , by Chris Crutcher Sarny: A Life Remembered -- Gary Paulsen Shade's Children by Garth Nix Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Shiva's Fire -- Suzanne Fisher Staples Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg Singularity -- William Sleator Slam! -- Walter Dean Myers Slap Your Sides -- M.E. Kerr Someone Like You -- Sarah Dessen Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli & Richard Tchen Squashed -- Joan Bauer Stargirl -- Jerry Spinelli Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher Strays Like Us -- Richard Peck Summer of My German Soldier , by Bette Greene Sun Also Rises , by Ernest Hemingway Taming the Star Runner , by S.E. Hinton Tangerine -- Edward Bloor That Was Then, This is Now , by S.E. Hinton The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , by Mark Twain Tiger Eyes -- Judy Blume Tiger Eyes , by Judy Blume To Kill a Mockingbird , by Harper Lee True Believer -- Virginia Euwer Wolff Truth about Forever -- Sarah Dessen ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts .
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