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• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  Rowling, J. K.

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  Number 1 of top 100 challenged/banned books. Harry Potter (the whole series) has been banned due to the magic in the books. Series has been made into movies.

• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  Collected From Folklore

  Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-

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  Number 7 of top 100 challenged/banned books. This series has been banned due to the terrifying illustrations that accompany the scary stories. There will be a movie for this series that Guillermo del Toro is developing.

• The Golden Compass

  Pullman, Philip, 1946-

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  Number 8 of top 100 challenged/banned books. The "His Dark Materials" series has been said to challenge Christianity and promote atheism. "The Golden Compass" was made into a movie, and a TV show is now in the works.

• Ttyl

  Myracle, Lauren, 1969-

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  Number 9 of top 100 challenged/banned books. This popular series has been challenged for being sexually explicit and offensive.

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen

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  Number 10 of top 100 challenged/banned books. Chbosky's book has been challenged because of its depiction of homosexuality, sex, masturbation, and a “glorification of alcohol use and drugs." This was made into a movie.

• The Adventures of Captain Underpants

  Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

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  Number 13 of top 100 challenged/banned books. Captain Underpants has been banned in some schools for insensitivity and being unsuited to the age group, as well as encouraging children to disobey authority. There is an animated movie for this first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gossip Girl

  a Novel

  Von Ziegesar, Cecily

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  Number 22 of top 100 challenged/banned books. "Gossip Girl" has been challenged for homosexual elements, sexual content, drug use, offensive language, and being unsuitable for the targeted age group. This series was made into a TV show.

• The Giver

  Lowry, Lois,

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  Number 23 of top 100 challenged/banned books. This popular dystopian novel has been challenged because it has been seen as unsuitable to the targeted age group, has violence, is sexually explicit, has unsuitable religious views, and depicts suicide.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things

  Mackler, Carolyn

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  Number 34 of top 100 challenged/banned books. This book has been banned for sexual content, being “anti-family,” offensive language, and being unsuited to age group.

• Junie B. Jones. Dumb Bunny

  Park, Barbara,

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  Number 71 of top 100 challenged/banned books. This series has been banned because of its use of bad grammar and language, the decisions Junie B. Jones makes, and some of the messages the books send.

• The Handmaid's Tale

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  Number 88 of top 100 challenged/banned books. “Profanity; lurid passages about sex; statements defamatory to minorities, god, women and the disabled; violence; hopelessness; age-inappropriate; graphic sex; vulgar; offensive to Christians; violently…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Wrinkle in Time

  L'Engle, Madeleine,

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  Number 90 of top 100 challenged/banned books. The classic children's science fiction book has been challenged under allegations that the story promotes witchcraft, crystal balls, and demons, under objection to the book’s use of the name of Jesus…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Welcome to Dead House

  Stine, R. L.

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  Number 94 of top 100 challenged/banned books. The Goosebumps series has been challenged because the books contain “excessive violence” for books intended for children under the age of twelve and for charges of depicting occult or satanic themes.

• The House of the Spirits

  Allende, Isabel

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  Number 97 of top challenged/banned books. This book has been banned for sexual content, mysticism, ghosts, incest, torture, killing, and blasphemous declarations against God. There is a 1993 movie adaptation and a TV show is now in the works, too.

• Thirteen Reasons Why

  a Novel

  Asher, Jay, 1975-,

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  Following the Netflix series release, this book's challenges and bans increased. Challenges arise due to the representation and discussion of suicide.

• The Hunger Games

  Collins, Suzanne

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  This series has been challenged for being anti-ethnic, anti-family, insensitivity, offensive language, occult/satanic, violence, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group. The books were adapted to movies.

• Eleanor & Park

  Rowell, Rainbow

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  The most cited reason for this book being challenged is offensive language.

• The Fault in Our Stars

  Green, John, 1977-

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  This very popular John Green novel has been banned for having a morbid plot, crude language, and sexual content. It has been made into a movie.

• Looking for Alaska

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Another John Green novel challenged for “offensive language” and “sexually explicit descriptions.”

• Paper Towns

  Green, John, 1977-

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  This third John Green novel has been banned for offensive language, talk of masturbation, and sexual situations. This has also been made into a movie.