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BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2009

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The Most Challenged Books
Most Frequently Challenged Authors

The Most Challenged Books

• HA477
  The adventures of Huckleberry Finn | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Twain, Mark. Bantam Books c1981. Bantam classic ed. Grade 9 and up.

• MM120
  Bless me, Ultima
  Anaya, Rudolfo A. Warner Books c1999. Warner Books ed.

• JB937
  The chocolate war | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Cormier, Robert. Dell Laurel-Leaf 2000, c1974. [Grades 6-12].

• JB911
  The color purple
  Walker, Alice. Harcourt c1982.

• JC058
  The golden compass | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Pullman, Philip. Yearling Book c1995. Grades 7-12.

• GS445
  I know why the caged bird sings | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Angelou, Maya. Bantam Books 1993, c1969.

• JM716
  In a dark, dark room [and other scary stories]
  Schwartz, Alvin. Harper & Raw 1985, c1984. 1st Harper Trophy ed. [Pre-school -
  Grades 3].

• JG412
  It's perfectly normal: a book about changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual
  health
  Harris, Robie H. Candlewick Press 2004. 2nd paperback ed. [Grade 4 and up].

• GY113
  The kite runner
  Hosseini, Khaled. Riverhead Books c2003.

• HF973
  Olive's ocean | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c2003. 1st ed. Grades 4-7.

• HC066
  The perks of being a wallflower | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Chbosky, Stephen. Pocket Books c1999. Grades 9-12.

• HQ084
  Scary stories 3: more tales to chill your bones
  Schwartz, Alvin. HarperCollinsPublishers c1991. Grades 4-7.

• JM720
  Scary stories to tell in the dark
  Schwartz, Alvin. HarperCollinsPublishers [2005], c1981. 25th anniversary ed.
  [Grade 3 and up].
  

Most Frequently Challenged Authors

• HT152
  The adventures of Captain Underpants: an epic novel
  Pilkey, Dav. Scholastic c1997. [Grades 2-5]. RL: 3.

• JP757
  The adventures of Tom Sawyer
  Twain, Mark. Scholastic Inc. c1999. Grades 4-6.

• GZ387
  The agony of Alice
  Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Atheneum Books for Young Readers c1985. [Grades 3-8].

• JM729
  The amber spyglass
  Pullman, Philip. Yealing c2000. [Grades 3-7]. RL: 5.9.

• HD701
  Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
  Blume, Judy. Dell Yearling [1986], c1970. Grades 4-8.

• HM338
  Athletic shorts: six short stories
  Crutcher, Chris. HarperTempest 2002, c1991. 1st HarperTempest ed. Grades 8-12.

• HW378
  Autobiography of my dead brother | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Myers, Walter Dean. HarperTempest 2006, c2005. 1st papberback ed. [Grade 9 and
  up].

• JC179
  Beloved: a novel
  Morrison, Toni. Vintage International/Vintage Books c2004. 1st Vintage
  International ed.

• HB496
  Blubber
  Blume, Judy. Dell Yearling [1986], c1974. Grades 4-6.

• MM018
  The bluest eye
  Morrison, Toni. Plume 1994, c1970.

• HV830
  Bridge to Terabithia
  Paterson, Katherine. HarperTrophy 2005, c1977. 1st rack ed. Grades 4-6.

• HA476
  The catcher in the rye | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Salinger, J. D. Little, Brown 1991, c1951. 1st LB Books mass market paperback
  ed.

• HF830
  The car
  Paulsen, Gary. Laurel-Leaf Books c1994. Grade 9 and up. RL:5.0.

• JK646
  Chrysanthemum | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c1991. 1st ed. Grades K-3.

• GX238
  The drowning of Stephan Jones
  Greene, Bette. Bantam Books 1992, c1991. Grades 7-12.

• MM029
  Fallen angels
  Myers, Walter Dean. Scholastic Inc c1988. Grade 8 and up.

• MM030
  The giver | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Lowry, Lois. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Reader 1994, c1993. RL: 4.5.

• HY841
  A good day | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c2007. 1st ed. Pre-school - grade 3.

• GV764
  Gooney Bird Greene | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Lowry, Lois. Houghton Mifflin c2002. Grades 1-5.

• HX431
  Gossamer | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Lowry, Lois. Houghton Mifflin c2006. Grades 5-9.

• JC040
  The great Gilly Hopkins
  Paterson, Katherine. HarperTrophy 2004, c1978. Revised HarperTrophy ed. Grade 4
  and up.

• JM902
  Harris and me: a summer remembered
  Paulsen, Gary. Harcourt, 2007 1st Harcourt paperback ed. [Grade 6 and up].

• HV342
  Harry Potter and the deathly hallows | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Rowling, J. K. Arthur A. Levine Books c2007. 1st ed. Grade 3 and up.

• HD520
  Harry Potter and the half-blood prince | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Rowling, J. K. Arthur A. Levine Books c2005. 1st American ed. Grade 3 and up.

• HV758
  Hatchet | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Paulsen, Gary. Aladdin Paperbacks 2006, c1987. Grades 5-9.

• JG528
  How to be bad
  Lockhart, E. HarperTeen c2008. 1st ed. Grades 9-12.

• MM051
  I am the cheese: a novel
  Cormier, Robert. Dell Laurel - Leaf 1991, c1977. RL: 5.6.

• JS100
  In the night kitchen
  Sendak, Maurice. Harpercollins 1996. 25th anniversary ed. Ages 3 and up.

• JM742
  Ironman
  Crutcher, Chris. HarperTempest 2004, c1995. 1st HarperTempest ed. [Grade 9 and
  up].

• JC032
  James and the giant peach: a children's story
  Dahl, Roald. Puffin Books 1996, c1961. [Grades 3-6].

• HB741
  Junie B. Jones and some sneaky peeky spying
  Park, Barbara. Random House c1994. [Grades K-4]. RL: 2.1.

• JC087
  Killing Mr. Griffin
  Duncan, Lois. Laurel-Leaf Books 2005, c1978. New Laurel-Leaf ed. Grades 7-12.
  RL: 6.0.

• HD696
  Kitten's first full moon | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c2004. 1st ed. Grades K-2. (2005 Caldecott Medal Winner)

• JN143
  Lilly's purple plastic purse | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c1996. 1st ed. RL: 3.

• JC047
  Matilda
  Dahl, Roald. Puffin Books 2004, c1988. Puffin Modern Classics ed. [Grade 2 and
  up].

• HW120
  Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Myers, Walter Dean. Dell Yearling 1991, c1988. Grades 3-6. RL: 4.5.

• JM631
  A mercy
  Morrison, Toni. Alfred A. Knopf c2008.

• HH505
  Monster | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Myers, Walter Dean. Harper Tempest 2004, c1999. Revised Harper Tempest ed.
  Grades 7-12.

• HT354
  Of mice and men | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Steinbeck, John. Penguin Books 1993, c1965.

• JN183
  One of those hideous books where the mother dies | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Sones, Sonya. Simon Pulse c2004. 1st Simon Pulse ed. [Grades 6-12].

• GS434
  The Outsiders
  Hinton, S. E. Puffin Books 1997, c1995.

• HC536
  Shiloh | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Aladdin Paperbacks c2000. Grades 3-7.

• HS680
  The sledding hill
  Crutcher, Chris. HarperTempest 2006, c2005. 1st HarperTempest ed. [Grades 6-12].

• JM728
  The subtle knife
  Pullman, Philip. Yearling c1997. [Grades 3-7]. RL: 5.8.

• GV999
  Summer of my German soldier
  Greene, Bette. Speak 2003, c1973. Grades 6-9.

• MM038
  Tex
  Hinton, S. E. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers 1989, c1979. RL:
  4.8

• HB348
  We all fall down
  Cormier, Robert. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers c1991. RL: 6.3.

• HQ052
  Wemberly worried | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c2000. 1st ed. Grades K-2.

• HH300
  What my mother doesn't know
  Sones, Sonya. Simon Pulse 2003, c2001. 1st Simon Pulse ed. Grades 7-12.

• HJ015
  Where the wild things are | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Sendak, Maurice. HarperTrophy c1991. 25th anniversary ed. Grades K-2.

• JB926
  The witches | view Learning Through Listening Lesson Plan
  Dahl, Roald. Puffin Books c1983. [Grades 3-6].

 
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