1. Banned Books: You Might’ve Read in School!

2. What is censorship? “Hundreds of books have been either removed or challenged in schools and libraries in the United States every year. According to the American Library Association (ALA), there were at least 326 in 2011. ALA estimates that 70 to 80 percent are never reported.” -bannedbooksweek.org/ censorship

3. Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) “N” word promotes racism

4. J.D. Salinger Catcher in the Rye (1951) Obscene Blasphemous Negative Foul filthy

5. Jack London Call of Wild (1903) Bloody violence Dark tone

6. F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby (1925) Alcoholism Sexual references profanity

7. Truman Capote In Cold Blood (1966) Sex Violence Profanity

8. Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter (1850) Pornographic Obscene

9. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) Profane Racist degrading

10. Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are (1963) Dark and disturbing nature

11. Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953) Hells Damns Against religious beliefs

12. John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1939) Profanity Sexual references

13. William Golding Lord of the Flies (1954) Profanity Racial and sexual slurs

14. Banned Books Week http://www.bannedbook sweek.org/censorship/b annedbooksthatshapeda merica For more information on banned books and banned books week, please visit the link to the left.