Guides: Banned and Challenged Books: Freedom to Read Week.: Freedom to Read

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Call Number: JFIC R884
OBJECTION: DEPICTIONS OF MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Call Number: FIC ATW
OBJECTION: PROFANITY, VULGARITY, SEXUAL CONTENT.
Beloved by Toni Morrison; A. S. Byatt (Introduction by)
Call Number: 813.54 M882B
OBJECTION: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE, RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINT.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Call Number: 813.52 S8190
OBJECTION: PROFANITY, RACIST LANGUAGE, VULGARITY.
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Call Number: FIC HIL
OBJECTION: USE OF THE WORD "NEGROES" IN THE TITLE.
Barometer Rising by Hugh Maclennan
Call Number: 813.54 M164B
OBJECTION: PROFANITY.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Call Number: 940.5318 F828
OBJECTION: TOO DEPRESSING.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Call Number: GFIC SAT
OBJECTION: PORTRAYAL OF TORTURE AND VIOLENCE BY GOVERNMENT.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Harper
Call Number: FIC LEE
OBJECTION: RACIST PORTRAYAL OF BLACK PEOPLE.
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Call Number: GFIC KOB
OBJECTION: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Call Number: JFIC P296B
OBJECTION: DEATH OF CHILD, PROFANITY, WITCHCRAFT, ATHEISM.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Mildred R. Mickle (Editor)
Call Number: 818.54 A5841ZM
OBJECTION: CONTAINS A SCENE WHERE THE AUTHOR IS RAPED AS A CHILD.