American Library Association's "The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000"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. (found at: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm)
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Scary Stories Boxed Set
by Alvin Schwartz
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Daddy's Roommate (Alyson Wonderland)
by Michael Willhoite
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
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The Chocolate War (Laurel Leaf Books)
by Robert Cormier
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics)
by Mark Twain
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Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
by John Steinbeck
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Harry Potter series
by J.K. Rowling
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Forever
by Judy Blume
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Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
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Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | ||
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Heather Has Two Mommies: 10th Anniversary Edition (Alyson Wonderland)
by Leslea Newman
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My Brother Sam Is Dead (Point)
by James And Chris Collier
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The Catcher in the Rye | ||
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry
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It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris | ||
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Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine | ||
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A Day No Pigs Would Die
by Robert Newton Peck
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The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
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Sex
by Madonna
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The Complete Earth's Children Series: The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley of the Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage, The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
by Jean M. Auel
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The Great Gilly Hopkins
by Katherine Paterson
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
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Go Ask Alice
by Anonymous
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Fallen Angels
by Walter Dean Myers
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In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection) | ||
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The Stupids (Series)
by Harry Allard
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The Witches (Puffin Novels)
by Roald Dahl
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The New Joy of Gay Sex
by Charles Silverstein
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Anastasia Krupnik (Series) | ||
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The Goats | ||
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Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mark Mathabane
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Blubber
by Judy Blume
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Killing Mr. Griffin (Laurel Leaf Books)
by Lois Duncan
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Halloween ABC
by Eve Merriam
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We All Fall Down
by Robert Cormier
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Final Exit (Third Edition): The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
by Derek Humphry
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The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
by Margaret Atwood
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves)
by Jean Craighead George
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The Bluest Eye (Oprah's Book Club)
by Toni Morrison
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The "What's Happening to My Body" Book for Girls, Revised Third Edition
by Lynda Madaras
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
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Beloved
by Toni Morrison
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The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
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The Pigman
by PAUL ZINDEL
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Bumps in the Night
by Harry Allard
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Deenie
by Judy Blume
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Flowers for Algernon (Bantam Classic)
by Daniel Keyes
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Annie on My Mind
by Nancy Garden
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The Boy Who Lost His Face
by Louis Sachar
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Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat
by Alvin Schwartz
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