BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2008

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Most Frequently Challenged Authors

The Most Challenged Books

HA477
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark. Bantam Books c1981. Bantam classic ed. Grade 9 and up.
JB937
The Chocolate War
Cormier, Robert. Dell Laurel-Leaf 2000, c1974. Grades 6-12.
JB911
The Color Purple
Walker, Alice. Harcourt c1982.
JC058
The Golden Compass
Pullman, Philip. Yearling Book c1995. Grades 7-12.
GS445
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou, Maya. Bantam Books 1993, c1969.
JG412
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual Health
Emberley, Michael. Candlewick Press 2004. Grades 4 and up.
HF973
Olive's Ocean
Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c2003. 1st ed. Grades 4-7.
HC066
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chbosky, Stephen. Pocket Books c1999. Grades 9-12.

Most Frequently Challenged Authors

GW036
After the First Death
Cormier, Robert. Dell Laurel-Leaf 1991, c1979. Grade 7 and up. RL: 6.2.
JA108
Anastasia at This Address
Lowry, Lois. Yearling 1992, c1991. Grades 3-6. RL: 6.5.
HM338
Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
Crutcher, Chris. HarperTempest 2002, c1991. 1st HarperTempest ed. Grades 8-12.
JC179
Beloved: A Novel
Morrison, Toni. Vintage International/Vintage Books c2004. 1st Vintage
International ed.
MM018
The Bluest Eye
Morrison, Toni. Plume 1994, c1970.
JC854
The Broken Bridge
Pullman, Philip. Dell Laurel-Leaf 2001, c1992. 1st Dell Laurel-Leaf ed. Grades
6-8.
MN488
Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays, 1852 - 1890
Twain, Mark. The Library of America c1992.
HS092
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
Twain, Mark. Bantam Books 2005, c1957. Bantam classic reissue ed.
HM446
The Devil's Race-Track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings: The Best From Which
Was the Dream? and Fables of Man
Twain, Mark. University of California Press c1980.
JC041
Gathering Blue
Lowry, Lois. Bantam Books 2005, c2000. Grades 6 and up.
MQ271
The Gilded Age and Later Novels
Twain, Mark. Library of America c2002.
MM030
The Giver
Lowry, Lois. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Reader 1994, c1993. RL: 4.5.
HY841
A Good Day
Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c2007. 1st ed. Pre-school - Grade 3.
GV764
Gooney Bird Greene
Lowry, Lois. Houghton Mifflin c2002. Grades 1-5.
HX431
Gossamer
Lowry, Lois. Houghton Mifflin c2006. Grades 5-9.
HZ166
Heroes: A Novel
Cormier, Robert. Dell Laurel-Leaf c1998. Grades 6-12. RL: 5.7.
MM051
I Am the Cheese: A Novel
Cormier, Robert. Dell Laurel - Leaf 1991, c1977. RL: 5.6.
MM979
Jazz
Morrison, Toni. Plume c1992.
HV395
Julius, the Baby of the World
Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c1990. 1st ed. Pre-school - Grade 3.
HD696
Kitten's First Full Moon
Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c2004. 1st ed. Grades K-2.
JC882
Life on the Mississippi
Twain, Mark. Penguin Books 1984, c1948.
HP915
Lilly's Big Day
Henkes, Kevin. Greenwillow Books c2006. 1st ed. Grades K-3.
GY978
Love
Morrison, Toni. Alfred A. Knopf c2003. 1st ed.
HD406
Messenger
Lowry, Lois. Houghton Mifflin c2004. Grades 8-12.
GW030
Number the Stars
Lowry, Lois. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers [1998], c1989.
Grades 3-7. RL: 5-2.
HM915
Protecting Marie
Henkes, Kevin. Puffin Books c1995. Grades 5-9.
HJ965
Pudd'nhead Wilson; and, Those Extraordinary Twins Authoritative Texts, Textual
Introduction, Tables of Variants, Criticism
Twain, Mark. W.W. Norton c2005. 2nd ed.
HA518
Rabble Starkey
Lowry, Lois. Houghton Mifflin c1987. Grades 5-7.