- The Harry Potter Series,
by J. K. Rowling,
for its focus on wizardry and magic.
- The Alice Series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor,
for being sexually explicit, using offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
- "The Chocolate
War," by Robert Cormier,
(the Most Challenged fiction
book of 1998), for using offensive language and being unsuited
to age group.
- "I Know Why
the Caged Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou,
for sexual content, racism, offensive language, violence and being unsuited to age group.
- "Taming the Star Runner" by S.E. Hinton, for offensive
language.
- "Captain Underpants" by Dav Pilkey, for insensitivity and
being unsuited to age group, as well as encouraging children to
disobey authority.
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
, for racism, insensitivity and offensive
language.
- Bridge to Terabithia, by
Katherine Paterson.
for offensive language, sexual content
and Occult/Satanism.
- "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor, for
insensitivity, racism and offensive language.
- "Julie of the Wolves" by Julie Craighead George, for sexual
content, offensive language, violence and being unsuited to age
group.
The most frequently challenged authors in 2002
were:
J. K. Rowling,
Judy Blume,
Robert Cormier,
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor,
Stephen King, Lois Duncan, S.E. Hinton, Alvin Schartz, Maya Angelou,
J.D. Salinger,
and Toni Morrison.
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