BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2009
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The Most Challenged Books
Most Frequently Challenged Authors
The Most Challenged Books
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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
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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].




