Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books in 2000-2007
Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books in 2000-2007
Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books in 2000-2007
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<strong>Top</strong> <strong>100</strong> <strong>Banned</strong>/<strong>Challenged</strong> <strong>Books</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>2000</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
1 Harry Potter J.K. Rowl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
2 Alice series Phyllis Reynolds Naylor<br />
3 The Chocolate War Robert Cormier<br />
4 Of Mice and Men John Ste<strong>in</strong>beck<br />
5 I Know Why the Caged Bird S<strong>in</strong>gs Maya Angelou<br />
6 Scary Stories Alv<strong>in</strong> Schwartz<br />
7 Fallen Angels Walter Dean Myers<br />
8 It’s Perfectly Normal Robie Harris<br />
9 And Tango Makes Three Just<strong>in</strong> Richardson/Peter Parnell<br />
10 Capta<strong>in</strong> Underpants Dav Pilkey<br />
11 The Adventures of Huckleberry F<strong>in</strong>n Mark Twa<strong>in</strong><br />
12 The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison<br />
13 Forever Judy Blume<br />
14 The Color Purple Alice Walker<br />
15 The Perks of Be<strong>in</strong>g A Wallflower Stephen Chbosky<br />
16 Kill<strong>in</strong>g Mr. Griff<strong>in</strong> Lois Duncan<br />
17 Go Ask Alice Anonymous<br />
18 K<strong>in</strong>g and K<strong>in</strong>g L<strong>in</strong>da de Haan<br />
19 Catcher <strong>in</strong> the Rye J.D. Sal<strong>in</strong>ger<br />
20 Bridge to Terabithia Kather<strong>in</strong>e Paterson<br />
21 The Giver Lois Lowry<br />
22 We All Fall Down Robert Cormier<br />
23 To Kill A Mock<strong>in</strong>gbird Harper Lee`<br />
24 Beloved Toni Morrison<br />
25 The Face on the Milk Carton Carol<strong>in</strong>e Cooney<br />
26 Snow Fall<strong>in</strong>g on Cedars David Guterson<br />
27 My Brother Sam Is Dead James L<strong>in</strong>coln Collier<br />
28 In the Night Kitchen Maurice Sendak<br />
29 His Dark Materials series Philip Pullman<br />
30 Gossip Girl series Cecily von Ziegesar<br />
31 What My Mother Doesn’t Know Sonya Sones<br />
32 Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogg<strong>in</strong>g Louise Rennison<br />
33 It’s So Amaz<strong>in</strong>g Robie Harris<br />
34 Arm<strong>in</strong>g America Michael Bellasiles<br />
35 Kaffir Boy Mark Mathabane<br />
36 Blubber Judy Blume<br />
37 Brave New World Aldous Huxley<br />
38 Athletic Shorts Chris Crutcher<br />
39 Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya<br />
40 Life is Funny E.R. Frank<br />
41 Daughters of Eve Lois Duncan<br />
42 Crazy Lady Jane Leslie Conly<br />
43 The Great Gilly Hopk<strong>in</strong>s Kather<strong>in</strong>e Paterson<br />
44 You Hear Me Betsy Franco<br />
45 Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut
46 Whale Talk Chris Crutcher<br />
47 The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby Dav Pilkey<br />
48 The Facts Speak for Themselves Brock Cole<br />
49 The Terrorist Carol<strong>in</strong>e Cooney<br />
50 Mick Harte Was Here Barbara Park<br />
51 Summer of My German Soldier Bette Green<br />
52 The Upstairs Room Johanna Reiss<br />
53 When Dad Killed Mom Julius Lester<br />
54 Blood and Chocolate Annette Curtis Klause<br />
55 The Fight<strong>in</strong>g Ground Avi<br />
56 The Th<strong>in</strong>gs They Carried Tim O'Brien<br />
57 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor<br />
58 Fat Kid Rules the World K.L. Go<strong>in</strong>g<br />
59 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Th<strong>in</strong>gs Carolyn Mackler<br />
60 A Time To Kill John Grisham<br />
61 Ra<strong>in</strong>bow Boys Alex Sanchez<br />
62 Olive’s Ocean Kev<strong>in</strong> Henkes<br />
63 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey<br />
64 A Day No Pigs Would Die Robert Newton Peck<br />
65 Speak Laurie Halse Anderson<br />
66 Always Runn<strong>in</strong>g Luis Rodriguez<br />
67 Black Boy Richard Wright<br />
68 Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George<br />
69 Deal With It! Esther Drill<br />
70 Detour for Emmy Marilyn Reynolds<br />
71 Draw Me A Star Eric Carle<br />
72 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury<br />
73 Harris and Me Gary Paulsen<br />
74 Junie B. Jones series Barbara Park<br />
75 So Far From the Bamboo Grove Yoko Watk<strong>in</strong>s<br />
76 Song of Solomon Toni Morrison<br />
77 Stay<strong>in</strong>g Fat for Sarah Byrnes Chris Crutcher<br />
78 What’s Happen<strong>in</strong>g to My Body Book Lynda Madaras<br />
79 The Boy Who Lost His Face Louis Sachar<br />
80 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold<br />
81 Anastasia Aga<strong>in</strong>! Lois Lowry<br />
82 Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Judy Blume<br />
83 Bumps In the Night Harry Allard<br />
84 Goosebumps series R.L. St<strong>in</strong>e<br />
85 Shade’s Children Garth Nix<br />
86 Cut Patricia McCormick<br />
87 Grendel John Gardner<br />
88 The House of Spirits Isabel Allende<br />
89 I Saw Esau Iona Opte<br />
90 Ironman Chris Crutcher<br />
91 The Stupids series Harry Allard<br />
92 Tam<strong>in</strong>g the Star Runner S.E. H<strong>in</strong>ton<br />
93 Then Aga<strong>in</strong>, Maybe I Won’t Judy Blume
94 Tiger Eyes Judy Blume<br />
95 Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel<br />
96 Nathan’s Run John Gilstrap<br />
97 P<strong>in</strong>kerton, Behave! Steven Kellog<br />
98 Freaky Friday Mary Rodgers<br />
99 Halloween ABC Eve Merriam<br />
<strong>100</strong> Heather Has Two Mommies Leslea Newman<br />
Out of 3,869 challenges reported to or recorded by the Office for Intellectual<br />
Freedom, as compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library<br />
Association. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom does not claim<br />
comprehensiveness <strong>in</strong> record<strong>in</strong>g challenges. Research suggests that for each<br />
challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported.
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