The ALA's 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000-2009

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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 2000 and 2009.

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.

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  1. 3.
    The Chocolate War
    by Robert Cormier

  2. 4.
    And Tango Makes Three
    by Justin Richardson

  3. 5.
    Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)
    by John Steinbeck

  4. 6.
    I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
    by Maya Angelou

  5. 7.
    Scary Stories Boxed Set
    by Alvin Schwartz

  6. 8.
    His Dark Materials Trilogy
    by Philip Pullman

  7. 9.
    TTFN (Ta-Ta for Now) (Internet Girls)
    by Lauren Myracle

  8. 10.
    Ttyl
    by Lauren Myracle

  9. 11.
    l8r, g8r (Internet Girls)
    by Lauren Myracle

  10. 12.
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    by Stephen Chbosky

  11. 13.
    Fallen Angels
    by Walter Dean Myers

  12. 15.
    The First Captain Underpants Collection (Books 1-4)
    by Dav Pilkey

  13. 17.

  14. 18.
    The Bluest Eye
    by Toni Morrison

  15. 19.
    Forever . . .
    by Judy Blume

  16. 20.
    The Color Purple
    by Alice Walker

  17. 22.
    King and King
    by Linda de Haan

  18. 23.
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    by Harper Lee

  19. 24.
    Gossip Girl #1: A Novel (Gossip Girl Series)
    by Cecily von Ziegesar

  20. 25.
    The Giver
    by Lois Lowry

  21. 26.
    In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection)
    by Maurice Sendak

  22. 27.
    Killing Mr. Griffin
    by Lois Duncan

  23. 28.
    Beloved
    by Toni Morrison

  24. 29.
    My Brother Sam Is Dead
    by James Lincoln Collier

  25. 30.
    Bridge to Terabithia
    by Katherine Paterson

  26. 31.
    The Face on the Milk Carton
    by Caroline B. Cooney

  27. 32.
    We All Fall Down
    by Robert Cormier

  28. 33.
    What My Mother Doesn't Know
    by Sonya Sones

  29. 34.
    Bless Me, Ultima
    by Rudolfo Anaya

  30. 35.
    Snow Falling on Cedars
    by David Guterson

  31. 36.
    The Earth, My Butt And Other Big Round Things
    by Carolyn Mackler

  32. 38.
    Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley

  33. 40.
    Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture
    by Michael A. Bellesiles

  34. 42.
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    Life Is Funny
    by E. R. Frank

  35. 43.
    Whale Talk
    by Chris Crutcher

  36. 44.
    The Fighting Ground
    by Avi

  37. 45.
    Blubber
    by Judy Blume

  38. 46.
    Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
    by Chris Crutcher

  39. 47.
    Crazy Lady! (Trophy Newbery)
    by Jane Leslie Conly

  40. 48.
    Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel
    by Kurt Vonnegut

  41. 49.

  42. 50.
    Rainbow Boys
    by Alex Sanchez

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Created by bartzturkeymom on Apr 22, 2010.
 

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Based on the 1990-2000 List — 3 years ago

Wherever possible I have used the same book ID’s as used on the previous list

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/29971-the-ala-s-100-most-frequently-challenged-books-of-1990-2000?page=1




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