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A Doll's House (Drama Classics)
by Henrik Ibsen (Author)
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Four members of the Alabama State Textbook Committe (1983)--presuma​bly the same who objected to The Diary of Anne Frank --called for the rejection of this work because it propagates feminist views.
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A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein (Author)
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Challenged at the Cunningham Elementary School in Beloit, Wis. (1985) because the book "enourages children to break dishes so they won't have to dry them." Removed from Minot, N.Dak. Public School libraries when the superintendent found "suggestive illustrations."​ Challenged at the Big Bend Elementary School library in Mukwonago, Wis. (1986) because some of Silverstein's poems "glorified Satan, suicide and cannibalism, and also encouraged children to be disobedient."
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A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry (Author)
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The Ogden, Utah School District (1979) restricted circulation of Hansberry's play in response to criticism from an anti-pornograph​y organization. Did they read the same play I read?
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle (Author)
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Challenged at the Polk City, Fla. Elementary School (1985) by a parent who believed that the story promotes witchcraft, crystal balls, and demons. Challenged in the Anniston Ala. schools (1990). The complainant objected to the book's listing the name of Jesus Christ together with the names of great artists, philosophers, scientists, and religious leaders when referring to those who defend earth against evil.
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Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll (Author)
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Banned in China (1931) for portraying animals and humans on the same level, "Animals should not use human language."
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Analects of Confucius - A New-Millennium Bilingual Edition
by Confucius (Author), David H. Li (Translator)
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The first ruler of the Chin Dynasty ordered all books relating to the teachings of Confucius burned. Oh, and he had hundreds of followers of Confucius buried alive (250 BC).
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Beloved
by Toni Morrison (Author)
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Challenged at the St. Johns County Schools in St. Augustine, Fla. (1995). Challenged by a member of the Madawaska, Maine School Committee (1997) because of the book's language. This 1987 Pulitzer Prize winning novel has been required reading for the advanced placement English class for six years.
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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley (Author)
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Banned in Ireland (1932). Removed from classroom in Miller, Mo. (1980). Challenged at the Yukon, Okla. High School (1988); challenged as required reading in the Corona-Norco, Calif. Unified School District (1993) because the book "centered around negative activity."
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by Dee Brown (Author)
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Removed in Wild Rose, Wis. (1974) by a district administrator for being "slanted." The administrator also said "if there's a possibility that something might be controversial, then why not eliminate it."
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl (Author)
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Removed from a locked reference collection at the Boulder, Colo. Public Library (1988), where it had been placed because the librarian thought the book espoused a poor philosophy of life.
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Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics)
by Thomas Paine (Author), et al.
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised edition
by Galileo Galilei (Author)
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Banned by Pope Urban VIII for heresy and breach of good faith (1633). The more things change, the more they stay the same...
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Different Seasons (Signet)
by Stephen King (Author)
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Removed from the West Lyon Community School library in Larchwood, Iowa (1987) because "it does not meet the standards of the community." Removed from the Washington Middle School library in Meriden, Conn. (1989) after a parental complaint. Challenged at the Eagan High School in Burnsville, Minn. (1992). This collection of novellas, which include the stories on which the acclaimed movies Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption were based, is some of King's best writing.
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Earth Science
by Edward J. Tarbuck (Author), et al.
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Challenged at the Plymouth-Canton​ school system in Canton, Mich. (1987) because it "teaches the theory of evolution exclusively. It completely avoids any mention of Creationism...T​he evolutionary propaganda also underminds {sic} the parental guidance and teaching the children are receiving at home and from the pulpits." I guess their homes and pulpits didn't teach them how to spell "undermine."
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury (Author)
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Ironically, students at the Venado Middle School in Irvine, Calif. received copies of the book with scores of words--mostly "hells" and "damns"--blacke​d out. The novel is about book burning and censorship. Thankfully, after receiving complaints from parents and being contacted by reporters, school officials said the censored copies would no longer be used (1992).
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Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell (Author)
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This Pulitzer Prize winning novel was banned from the Anaheim, Calif. Union High School District English classrooms (1978). The novel was challenged in the Waukegan, Ill. School District (1984) because it uses the word "nigger."
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Grendel
by John Gardner (Author)
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This book has been challenged quite a lot, which may explain why the Grendel books my 11th grade English teacher ordered never arrived...Most recently challenged, but retained, on high school reading lists in Douglas, Colo. (1997). Parents, who have obviously never read Beowulf, compained that the novel was too obscene and violent for high school students.
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Gulliver's Travels (Signet Classics)
by Jonathan Swift (Author), Leo Damrosch (Introduction)
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Denounced as wicked and obscene in Ireland (1726), which was no doubt the effect Swift was going for.
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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare (Author), Cyrus Hoy (Editor)
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Banned in Ethiopia (1978).
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou (Author)
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This book gets challenged quite often, due to the poet's descriptions of being raped as a young girl.
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It
by Stephen King (Author)
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Challenged at the Lincoln, Nebr. school libraries (1987); placed on a "closed shelf" at the Franklinville, N.Y. Central High School library (1992).
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James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl (Author), Lane Smith (Illustrator)
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Challenged at the Deep Creek Elementary School in Charlotte Harbor, Fla. (1991) because it is "not appropriate reading material for young children." Challenged at the Pederson Elementary School in Altoona, Wis. (1991) and at the Morton Elementary School library in Brooksville, Fla. (1992) because the book contains the word "ass" and "promotes" the use of drugs (tobacco, snuff) and whiskey. Removed from classrooms in Stafford County, Va. Schools (1995) and placed in restricted access in the library because the story contains crude language and encourages children to disobey their parents and other adults.
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King Lear
by William Shakespeare (Author)
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Now considered to be among Shakespeare's greatest works, Lear was performed in drastically adapted form--Nahum Tate's Restoration version eliminated characters and boasted a happy ending in which Lear is restored to the throne and Cordelia survives. The play was subject to political censorship when it was banned from the English stage from 1788 to 1820, out of respect to King George III's alleged insanity. The tragic ending of King Lear was not restored until 1823, and the character of the fool was finally reintroduced in 1838.
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Koran (Everyman's Library (Paper))
by J. M. Rodwell (Translator)
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Ban lifted by the Spanish Index in 1790. Restricted to students of history in the USSR (1926).
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Le Morte d'Arthur (Modern Library Classics)
by Sir Thomas Malory (Author), Elizabeth Bryan (Introduction)
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Challenged as required reading at the Pulaski County High School in Somerset, Ky. (1997) because it is "junk." Granted, Malory has problems with his narrative, but YOU try to translate Medieval French texts into comprehesible Middle English.
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