1. The Alice Series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, for being sexually explicit, using offensive language and being unsuited to age group.
2. The Harry Potter Series, by J. K. Rowling, for its focus on wizardry and magic.
3. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. for using offensive language.
4. Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, by Michael A. Bellesiles, for inaccuracy.
5. Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers, for racism, sexual content, offensive language, drugs and violence.
6. Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous, for drugs.
7. It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health, by Robie Harris, for homosexuality, nudity, sexual content and sex education.
8. We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier, for offensive language and sexual content.
9. King & King, by Linda de Haan, for homosexuality.
10. Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson. for offensive language, sexual content and Occult/Satanism.

The most frequently challenged authors in 2003 were:
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, J. K. Rowling, Robert Cormier, Judy Blume, Katherine Paterson, John Steinbeck, Walter Dean Myers, Robie Harris, Stephen King, and Louise Rennison.

Banned Books Week
September 25–October 2, 2004
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