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Chris Crutcher
The novel, though written from T. J.'s first-person perspective largely with a sarcastically humorous tone, covers an array of serious and sometimes controversial social topics, including multiculturalism, adoption, domestic and child abuse, child protection, various forms of discrimination , bullying, posttraumatic stress disorder, blended families, and gun violence.

Published by HarperChildrens, "Whale Talk", an adoption story that is often used to discuss the sensitive issue of how families are formed, has been removed from the high school in Athens (AL) after board member James Shannon objected, stating, ""We can't allow students go down our halls and say those words, and we shouldn't let them read it. That book's got a lot of bad, bad words in it."

I think it’s a great book talks about the families and relationships.

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Harry Potter

-Banned because of witchcraft and encouraged skipping class and being disruptive in class

-I think that it should be allowed to be read at school because it helps encourage creativity in students.

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A Light in the Attic
A Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again.
It was challenged because schools thought it promoted violence and disrespect.
This should still be read because its just funny little poems that shouldn't be taken to heart.

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Frannie Brown  Looking For Alaska - John Green 

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Frannie Brown  Looking For Alaska - John Green 

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-A new student arrives to a boarding school and meets a young girl named Alaska. During his time getting to know and understand her he slowly falls in love with her. But through his time with her, he finds out that her life isn't as perfect as he thought.
-The most common reasons for affront include offensive language, sexually explicit scenes, homosexuality and unsuitable religious viewpoints.
- "Looking For Alaska" is about depression, suicide, friendship, forgiveness and, ultimately, hope. It serves as a reminder that life will go on.  How? Through forgiveness. As people, we must forgive each other, and we must forgive ourselves.

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To Kill A Mockingbird

about a young named scout who's father is a lawyer defending a African American man accused of raping a white woman during the great depression.

It has been challenged for the depiction of violence, offensive language, and racism.

This book should be read because it is a good story

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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
This book is about a young teenage girl who has been diagnosed with lung cancer who falls in love with a similar afflicted team. They both share the same love of books and begin an adventure together. This book was challenged because of the themes of death, illness, and sex. And worries that teens would struggle with the theme of morality. I still think the book should be read because it has a great story. And a great moral significance.

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The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
A ruined industrialist tells his tale of his environmentally self-destructive greed despite the warnings of an old forest creature. A young boy goes to meet a ruined industrialist in a treeless wasteland and hear his tale of what happened to him.
People believe it portrays the foresting industry in an arguable negative way. Some people felt that this book was persuading children to be against logging.
Great children's book. Teaching a lesson on why trees are important.

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The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
- The novel details two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from prep school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden searches for truth and rails against the “phoniness” of the adult world.

- The challenges generally begin with Holden's frequent use of vulgar language; other reasons includes sexual references, blasphemy, undermining of family values and moral codes, encouragement of rebellion, and promotion of drinking, smoking, lying, promiscuity, and sexual abuse. This book was written for an adult audience in mind, which often forms the foundation of many challenger's argument against this book. Often the challengers have been unfamiliar with the plot itself. Shelley Keller-Gage, a high school teacher who faced objections after assigning the novel in her class, noted that "the challengers are being just like Holden... They are trying to be catchers in the rye." A Streisand effect has been that this incident caused people to put themselves on the waiting list to borrow the novel, when there was no waiting list before.

- The value of the book should still be appreciated because dozens of judicious celeberties, such as Mark Zuckerberg, have officially asserted their reverence to it.

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13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

It is the story of a young high school student as she descends into despair brought on by betrayal and bullying, culminating with her suicide. She details the thirteen reasons why she was driven to end her life in an audio diary which is mailed to a friend two weeks after her death.

It was challenged and banned because the use of teenage suicide and almost glamorized it.

I believe this book should still be read because it shows a good story of what teenagers go though on a real life basis and that the book wasn’t glamorizing suicide it was showing  the hardships of what some teenagers go through.

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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is the story of eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby as told by Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner who lives on Long Island but works in Manhattan. Gatsby's enormous mansion is adjacent to Carraway's modest home, and Carraway becomes curious about his neighbor after being invited to one of his famous parties.
It was challenged because of sexual things, drinking and partying.
It is a good book and it kind of glorifies it but thats just a background part of it.

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Ben Kinkor
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
It is the first book in a 5 book long series about the power struggle for the Kingdom of Westeros.
Banned from prisons because of maps in the book of fictional lands being able to be switched out for blueprints of prisons.
While it may be challenged elsewhere for dragons, rather brutal violence and other elements of the show, I think it is worth having because of the ability of the reader to get lost in the book and the story as a whole

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First published in 1974, it was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is one of the best young adult novels of all time.[1] Set at a fictional Catholic high school, the story depicts a secret student organization's manipulation of the student body, which descends into cruel and ugly mob mentality against a lone, non-conforming student.
The book should still be read because it is considered really well written.

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-The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Socially awkward teen Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two charismatic students become his mentors. Free-spirited Sam and her stepbrother Patrick help Charlie discover the joys of friendship, first love, music and more, while a teacher sparks Charlie's dreams of becoming a writer. However, as his new friends prepare to leave for college, Charlie's inner sadness threatens to shatter his newfound confidence.
-It was banned because of complaints about the book’s depiction of homosexuality, sex, masturbation, and a “glorification of alcohol use and drugs
-I believe that the book should still be read because it provides a clear sense of realistic teenage life, and is able to help young people through tough times.

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Mein kampf- Adolf hitler
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany.
People tried to ban it because it was written by Adolf hitler and what he did
I think it should not be banned because it gives us a historical insight that we couldn’t get before, we get the insight of the man behind the holocaust

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