Banned Books Week September 22-28, 2013
Top Ten Challenged Books 2012
- Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group - Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit - And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit - Looking for Alaska by John Green
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group - Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence - The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit - Beloved by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence