Ten Most Challenged Books 21st Cnt

The Ten Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century as of 2005

Oct 3, 2006 Leslie Poston

The ten most challenged books of the 21st century as of 2005, to finalize banned books week.

Throughout Banned Books Week we covered different aspects of banned books, banned authors and the mechanics of how books are banned and bans are fought. To wrap it up for this year we present to you the Ten Most Banned Book of the 21st Century, as of 2005.

Don't forget to keep fighting for the freedom to speak, write and read. Ideas are powerful - keep them free!

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris

Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz

Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey

Forever by Judy Blume

See you next year for Banned Books Week 2007!

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