I am surprised every year to realize that so many of the books on my library shelves have been challenged at one time or another, not here at McCullough but in other parts of the country! We always put a nice display of our own "banned books", and our students, teachers and parents are amazed to see the works of good literature that have been banned or challenged.
Some of our challenged books are:
Harry Potter, by J. K. Rowling
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Scary Stories Series, by Alvin Schwartz
Captain Underpants, by Dav Pilkey
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline Cooney
Goosebumps Series, by R. L. Stine
The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
How to Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
Killing Mr. Griffin, by Lois Duncan
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
1984, by George Orwell
The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
A more complete list is available on the ALA website: ALA Most Frequently Challenged Books
