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45 Books You Read in School That Are Banned Now

Banned books week is celebrated in schools all over the country.
Banned books week started after a sudden jump in the number of challenged/banned books in 1982. It was created to celebrate the freedom to read and normally takes place in the last week of September.
There are several reasons that books can be banned, ranging from inappropriate language to political bias. Though some books are simply removed from the curriculums of younger students, some are removed completely from libraries due to challenges put forth by their members. However, there is a difference between banning a book because it is inappropriate for younger audiences and banning a classic simply because you don't agree with one aspect or another about it.
I'm sure you read some of these books and you turned out just fine, right? Here are 45 books you read in school that are banned now.
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Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
1
Maurice Sendak
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
2
S. E. Hinton
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr.)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
3
Bill Martin Jr.
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
4
E. B. White
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
5
John Steinbeck
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
6
George Orwell
On Beyond Zebra! (Dr. Seuss)
On Beyond Zebra!
7
Dr. Seuss
McElligot's Pool (Dr. Seuss)
McElligot's Pool
8
Dr. Seuss
Scrambled Eggs Super! (Dr. Seuss)
Scrambled Eggs Super!
9
Dr. Seuss
The Cat's Quizzer (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat's Quizzer
10
Dr. Seuss
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (Dr. Seuss)
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
11
Dr. Seuss
If I Ran the Zoo (Dr. Seuss)
If I Ran the Zoo
12
Dr. Seuss
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Al Capone Does My Shirts (Gennifer Choldenko)
Al Capone Does My Shirts
14
Gennifer Choldenko
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
15
J.D. Salinger
Dead Poets Society (N.H. Kleinbaum)
Dead Poets Society
16
N.H. Kleinbaum
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
17
Harper Lee
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster)
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
18
Merriam-Webster
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
19
Anne Frank
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
20
Joseph Heller
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
21
Truman Capote
Death and the Maiden (Ariel Dorfman)
Death and the Maiden
22
Ariel Dorfman
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
23
John Updike
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
24
Kurt Vonnegut
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
25
Aldous Huxley
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
26
William Styron
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
27
Alice Walker
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
28
William Golding
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
29
Vladimir Nabokov
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
30
Anthony Burgess
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
31
George Orwell
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
32
William Faulkner
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
33
Ralph Ellison
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
34
James Baldwin
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
35
J.R.R. Tolkien
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
36
Art Spiegelman
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
37
Shel Silverstein
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
38
J. K. Rowling
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
39
Angie Thomas
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
40
Mark Twain
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