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Banned Books Week Handbook Online
September 27 - October 4, 2008


ABFFE's Banned and Challenged Book List

This list was compiled by ABFFE from media resources as well as reports from those affected by the challenges.  If you have any questions about any of the books listed, please feel free to contact Rebecca Zeidel, ABFFE program director, at (212) 587-4025, ext 13, rebecca@abffe.com.  For the ALA list of this year's challenges, please click here.  To read a report of recent book challenge incidents from the Kids' Right to Read Project, a collaborative project of ABFFE and the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), please click here.

Alphabetical by Author

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Paula by Isabel Allende

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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

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Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

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The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

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Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing by Maya Angelou

B

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One More River by Lynne Reid Banks

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Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence? By Marion Diane Bauer

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Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Cultureby Michael A. Bellesiles

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Girl Goddess, #9, I Was a Teenage Fairy and Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

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Deenie and Forever by Judy Blume

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Doing It by Melvin Burgess

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Family Values: Two Moms and Their Son by Phyllis Burke

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Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs

 

C

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My Father’s Scar by Michael Cart

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The Homo Handbook--Getting in Touch With Your Inner Homo by Judy Carter

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Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter

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Dance on My Grave by Aidan Chambers

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Postcards from No Man’s Land by Aidan Chambers

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin

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Ricochet River by Robin Cody

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Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy

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The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

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I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier

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We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier

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Skull of Truth by Bruce Coville

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Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse

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Athletic Shorts and Ironman by Chris Crutcher

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Stotan! by Chris Crutcher

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Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
 

D

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Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Dandicat

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The Teenage Guy’s Survival Guide by Jeremy Daldry

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My Brother Has AIDS by Deborah Davis

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Lost Prophet: The Life of Bayard Rustin by John D'emilio

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Between Lovers, Cheaters and The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey

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Deal With It! by Esther Drill

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Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan
 

E

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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

F

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Eight Seconds by Jean Ferris

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The Sissy Duckling by Harvey Fierstein

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Life is Funny by E.R. Frank

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The Trouble With Babies by Martha Freeman

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My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr

G

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Good Moon Rising and Holly’s Secret by Nancy Garden

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Grendel by John Gardener

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Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

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The Drowning of Stephan Jones by Bette Greene


H

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King & King by Lindade Haan and Stern Nijland

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Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Hunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

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It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris

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Hey, Dollface by Deborah Hautzig

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The Misfits by James Howe

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GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens by Kelly Huegel
 

J

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How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson

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Breaking Boxes by A.M. Jenkins

K

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Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

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Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver

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The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

L

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What I Know Now by Rodger Larson

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte

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Anastasia Again by Lois Lowry

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The Giver by Lois Lowry

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Extreme Elvin by Chris Lynch


M

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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

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Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich

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Gays/justice: A Study of Ethics, Society, and Law by Richard D. Mohr

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Beloved, The Bluest Eye, and Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

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Monster by Walter Dean Myers
 

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The Alice Series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor


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Choke by Chuck Palanuik

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Mick Harte was Here by Barbara Park

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Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

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Captain Underpants by Dav Pilky

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Hot Zone by Richard Preston
 

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On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison

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Coming Out in College: The Struggle for a Queer Identity by Robert A. Rhoads

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Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers

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Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez

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Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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Rainbow Boys and Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez

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Push! by Sapphire

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Shadow Club by Neil Shusterman

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

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What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

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America (The Book) by Jon Stewart

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Double Date by R.L. Stine

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Sophie's Choice by William Styron

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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

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Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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My Two Uncles by Judith Vigna

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Peter by Kate Walker

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Montana 1948 by Larry Watson

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This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff

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Black Boy by Richard Wright

 
 


 

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