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The Catcher in the Rye
Removed from the Dorchester District 2 school board member in Summerville, SC who believed it to be "a filthy, filthy book."

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Of Mice and Men
Banned from the George County, Mississippi schools because of profanity.

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It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
Book was moved to a restricted area of the  Fort Bend, Texas School District's media centers because they contain "frontal nudity and discussion of homosexual relationships and abortion."

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Challenged at the Montgomery County, Texas.  Memorial Library System along with fifteen other young adult books with gay-positive themes.

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The Bluest Eye
Banned after complaints of "sexually explicit material" and "disturbing language".

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Fun Home
Challenged for being deemed "pornographic" by some members of the Marshall, Missouri library.

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Kaffir Boy
Banned from the Burlingame, California, Intermediate School for a scene depicting sexually explicit content.

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Girl Interrupted
The New Rochelle, New York Board of Education had to replace fifty copies of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir after school officials tore pages from the book deemed “inappropriate” due to sexual content and strong language.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Banned in Huntington Beach, California  -  a school board trustee, called for Angelou’s book to be removed from the school curriculum.

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Removed from the Bedford, New Hampshire School District’s required Personal Finance course after two parents complained about the “book’s profanity, offensive references to Christianity, and biased portrayal of capitalism.”

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Slaughterhouse-Five
Banned for offensive language, sexual and religious matter.

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The Handmaid's Tale
Challenged as required reading for a Page High School International Baccalaureate class and as optional reading for Advanced Placement reading courses at Grimsley High School in Guilford County, North Carolina because the book is “sexually explicit, violently graphic and morally corrupt.”

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Persepolis
Removed, via a district directive, from all Chicago, Illinois public schools due to “graphic illustrations and language” and concerns about “developmental preparedness” and “student readiness.”

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Removed from the Cape Henlopen school district’s summer reading list in Lewes, Delaware due to language deemed inappropriate for entering high school freshmen.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Removed from summer reading list after complaints about the book's "content and language".

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A People’s History of the United States
Challenged in the Chatham, N.J., High School curricula because it’s a “biased account.” The book presents an alternative view of American history characterized by the influence of an elite minority over the rest of the population.

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Banned in North Carolina prisons in February 2017 because it was considered “likely to provoke confrontation between racial groups.”

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The Hate You Give
Challenged by the South Carolina Police Union arguing that it would foment anti-police sentiment.

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Harry Potter
Banned for occult/Satanism, violence at a Catholic  school in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Challenged, banned, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community”.

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Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images.

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