| The 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books
of 2003 |
- Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, for sexual
content, using offensive language, and being unsuited to age group.
- Harry Potter series, for its focus on wizardry and
magic.
- Of Mice and
Men, by John Steinbeck, for using offensive language.
- Arming
America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, by Michael A.
Bellesiles, for inaccuracy.
- Fallen
Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, for racism, sexual content,
offensive language, drugs and violence.
- Go Ask Alice,
by Anonymous, for drugs.
- It's
Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris, for homosexuality, nudity,
sexual content and sex education.
- We All Fall
Down, by Robert Cormier, for offensive language and sexual
content.
- King and
King, by Linda de Haan, for homosexuality.
- Bridge to
Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson, for offensive language and
occult/satanism.
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