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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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1. Scary Stories Boxed Set
by Alvin Schwartz
 
2. Daddy's Roommate (Alyson Wonderland)
by Michael Willhoite
 
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
 
4. The Chocolate War (Laurel Leaf Books)
by Robert Cormier
 
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics)
by Mark Twain
 
6. Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
by John Steinbeck
 
7.
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Harry Potter series
by J.K. Rowling
 
8. Forever
by Judy Blume
 
9. Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
 
10.
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Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor  
11. Heather Has Two Mommies: 10th Anniversary Edition (Alyson Wonderland)
by Leslea Newman
 
12. My Brother Sam Is Dead (Point)
by James And Chris Collier
 
13. The Catcher in the Rye  
14. The Giver
by Lois Lowry
 
15.
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It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris  
16.
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Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine  
17. A Day No Pigs Would Die
by Robert Newton Peck
 
18. The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
 
19. Sex
by Madonna
 
20.
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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
 
21. The Great Gilly Hopkins
by Katherine Paterson
 
22. A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
 
23. Go Ask Alice
by Anonymous
 
24. Fallen Angels
by Walter Dean Myers
 
25. In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection)  
26.
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The Stupids (Series)
by Harry Allard
 
27. The Witches (Puffin Novels)
by Roald Dahl
 
28. The New Joy of Gay Sex
by Charles Silverstein
 
29.
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Anastasia Krupnik (Series)  
30. The Goats  
31. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mark Mathabane
 
32. Blubber
by Judy Blume
 
33. Killing Mr. Griffin (Laurel Leaf Books)
by Lois Duncan
 
34. Halloween ABC
by Eve Merriam
 
35. We All Fall Down
by Robert Cormier
 
36. Final Exit (Third Edition): The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying
by Derek Humphry
 
37. The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
by Margaret Atwood
 
38. Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves)
by Jean Craighead George
 
39. The Bluest Eye (Oprah's Book Club)
by Toni Morrison
 
40. The "What's Happening to My Body" Book for Girls, Revised Third Edition
by Lynda Madaras
 
41. To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
 
42. Beloved
by Toni Morrison
 
43. The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
 
44. The Pigman
by PAUL ZINDEL
 
45. Bumps in the Night
by Harry Allard
 
46. Deenie
by Judy Blume
 
47. Flowers for Algernon (Bantam Classic)
by Daniel Keyes
 
48. Annie on My Mind
by Nancy Garden
 
49. The Boy Who Lost His Face
by Louis Sachar
 
50.
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Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat
by Alvin Schwartz
 
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