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Amy A's "The ALA's 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000"

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Each year, the American Library Association (ALA) records hundreds of attempts by individuals and groups to have books removed from libraries shelves and from classrooms. These are those books most banned between the years 1990 and 2000.

NOTE: Anywhere I have included a "box set" this indicates that the entire series has been challened/banned at some point, but this list format has no way to indicate a WHOLE series, so I have tried to place those by using box sets…to demonstrate that it is not a single book that needs to be read.

NOTE ON MY NOTE: Yes, if I’ve marked off a "box set" that means I’ve read the entire series…no mean feat in some cases…how many books ARE there in that Goosebumps series anway…sheesh!

  1. 1.
    Scary Stories Boxed Set
    by Alvin Schwartz

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  2. 2.
    Daddy's Roommate (Alyson Wonderland)
    by Michael Willhoite

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  3. 3.
    I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
    by Maya Angelou

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  4. 4.
    The Chocolate War (Laurel Leaf Books)
    by Robert Cormier

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  5. 6.
    Of Mice and Men: (Centennial Edition)
    by John Steinbeck

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  6. 7.
    Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-5)
    by J. K. Rowling

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    Forever by Judy Blume

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  8. 12.
    My Brother Sam Is Dead (Apple Signature)
    by James Lincoln Collier

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  9. 14.
    The Giver
    by Lois Lowry

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  10. 16.
    Goosebumps House of Horrors Boxed Set
    by R.L. Stine

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  11. 17.
    A Day No Pigs Would Die
    by Robert Newton Peck

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  12. 18.
    The Color Purple
    by Alice Walker

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  13. 19.
    Sex - Madonna
    by Madonna

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  14. 21.
    The Great Gilly Hopkins
    by Katherine Paterson

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  15. 22.
    A Wrinkle in Time
    by Madelein L'Engle

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  16. 23.
    Go Ask Alice
    by Anonymous

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  17. 24.
    Fallen Angels
    by Walter Dean Myers

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  18. 26.
    The Stupids (Series)
    by Harry Allard

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    The Witches by Roald Dahl

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  20. 28.
    The New Joy of Gay Sex
    by Charles Silverstein

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  21. 29.
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    Anastasia Krupnik/Anastasia Krupnik
    by Lois Lowry

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  22. 30.
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    The Goats by Brock Cole

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  23. 32.
    Blubber
    by Judy Blume

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  24. 33.
    Killing Mr. Griffin (Laurel Leaf Books)
    by Lois Duncan

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  25. 34.
    Halloween ABC
    by Eve Merriam

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  26. 35.
    We All Fall Down
    by Robert Cormier

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  27. 37.
    The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
    by Margaret Atwood

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  28. 39.
    The Bluest Eye
    by Toni Morrison

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  29. 41.
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

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  30. 42.
    Beloved
    by Toni Morrison

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  31. 43.
    The Outsiders
    by S. E. Hinton

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  32. 44.
    The Pigman
    by Paul Zindel

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  34. 46.
    Deenie
    by Judy Blume

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  35. 47.
    Flowers for Algernon
    by Daniel Keyes

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  36. 48.
    Annie on My Mind
    by Nancy Garden

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  37. 49.
    The Boy Who Lost His Face
    by Louis Sachar

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  39. 51.
    A Light in the Attic

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  40. 52.
    Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley

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  41. 55.
    Cujo
    by Stephen King

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  42. 56.
    James and the Giant Peach
    by Roald Dahl

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  43. 57.
    The Anarchist Cookbook
    by William Powell

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  44. 58.
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    Boys and Sex
    by Wardell Pomeroy

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  45. 59.
    Ordinary People
    by Judith Guest

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  46. 60.
    American Psycho
    by Bret Easton Ellis

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  47. 62.
    Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
    by Judy Blume

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  48. 63.
    Crazy Lady! (Trophy Newbery)
    by Jane Leslie Conly

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  49. 64.
    Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
    by Chris Crutcher

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  50. 65.
    Fade
    by Robert Cormier

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  51. 66.
    Guess What? (Voyager Books)
    by Mem Fox

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  52. 67.
    The House of the Spirits
    by Isabel Allende

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  53. 68.
    The Face on the Milk Carton
    by Caroline B. Cooney

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  54. 69.
    Slaughterhouse-Five
    by Kurt Vonnegut

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  55. 70.
    Lord of the Flies (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by William Golding

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  56. 71.
    Native Son
    by Richard Wright

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  57. 72.
    Women on Top
    by Nancy Friday

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  58. 73.
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    Curses, Hexes and Spells (Weird & Horrible Library)
    by Daniel Cohen

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  59. 74.
    Jack
    by A.M. Homes

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  60. 75.
    Bless Me, Ultima
    by Rudolfo Anaya

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  62. 77.
    Carrie
    by Stephen King

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  63. 78.
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    Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume

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  64. 79.
    On My Honor (Yearling Newbery)
    by Marion Dane Bauer

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  65. 80.
    Arizona Kid
    by Ron Koertge

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  66. 81.
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    Family Secrets (Dial Books for Young Readers)
    by Norma Klein

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  67. 82.
    Mommy Laid An Egg: Or, Where Do Babies Come From?
    by Babette Cole

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  68. 83.
    The Dead Zone (Signet)
    by Stephen King

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  69. 84.
    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain Library)
    by Mark Twain

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    Song of Solomon
    by Toni Morrison

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  71. 86.
    Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
    by Luis J. Rodriguez

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  72. 87.
    Private Parts
    by Howard Stern

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  73. 88.
    Where's Waldo? Reissue (Waldo)

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  74. 89.
    Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics)
    by Bette Greene

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  75. 90.
    The Story of Little Black Sambo

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  76. 91.
    The Pillars of the Earth
    by Ken Follett

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  77. 92.
    Running Loose
    by Chris Crutcher

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  78. 93.
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    Sex Education: A Novel
    by Jenny Davis

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  79. 95.
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    Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
    by Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy

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  80. 96.
    How to Eat Fried Worms
    by Thomas Rockwell

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  81. 97.
    The View From the Cherry Tree
    by Willo Davis Roberts

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  82. 98.
    The Headless Cupid
    by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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  83. 99.
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    The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney

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Created by Amy A on Sep 23, 2006.