Title | Author | Reason |
The Scarlet Letter |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| Conflicts with values of the community |
A Separate Peace |
John Knowles |
| Graphic language |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
Harper Lee |
| Conflicts with values of the community |
A Wrinkle in Time |
Madeleine L'Engle |
| Undermines religious beliefs |
Moby Dick |
Herman Melville |
| Conflicts with values of the community |
Beloved |
Toni Morrison |
| Too violent |
Catcher in the Rye |
J. D. Salinger |
| Use of profanity |
Twelfth Night |
William Shakespeare |
| Encourages homosexuality |
A Light in the Attic |
Shel Silverstein |
| Too dreary and negative |
Of Mice and Men |
John Steinbeck |
| Use of profanity |
The Joy Luck Club |
Amy Tan |
| Conflicts with values of the community |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Mark Twain |
| Racially offensive |
Little House in the Big Woods |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| Racially offensive |
Native Son |
Richard Wright |
| Sexually graphic and violent |