Recently Banned and Challenged Books 2006- Part 4

Explore the controversial 2006 banned and challenged books list (Part 4). Discover the titles that faced censorship and the reasons behind their challenges.

2006 banned books challenged
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings Cover
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I Know why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman. ". . . I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not …
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The Color Purple Cover
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The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

Set in the period between the world wars, this novel tells of two sisters, their trials, and their survival.
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Brick Lane Cover
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Brick Lane

by Monica Ali

“A book you won’t be able to put down. A Bangladeshi immigrant in London is torn between the kind, tedious older husband with whom she …
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Fallen Angels Cover
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Fallen Angels

by Walter Dean Myers

Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on …
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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents Cover
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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

by Julia Alvarez

YA. 15 inter-related stories chronicling the assimilation of four Dominican sisters into American society.
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The Crucible Cover
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The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential …
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings Cover
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

by Jan Harold Brunvand

Presents a collection of examples of major American urban legends, one of the most common forms of contemporary American folklore, and explains their popular appeal.
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