Recently Banned and Challenged Books 2006 - Part 5

Explore the controversial 2006 banned and challenged books list (Part 5). Discover the titles that sparked debates and censorship attempts in schools and libraries.

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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

Guy Montag is a fireman, his job is to burn books, which are forbidden.
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Breaking Boxes

by Amanda McRaney Jenkins

When in the course of an unusual friendship Charlie reveals something confidential about his brother, he must decide if he can accept the risks of …
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Empress of the World

 

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Lucky

 

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Keesha's House

by Helen Frost

In this extraordinary debut novel for young adults, Frost stretches the boundaries of traditional poetic forms as she weaves together the stories of seven teenagers …
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Bless Me, Ultima

by Rudolfo Anaya

This coming-of-age classic and the bestselling Chicano novel of all time follows a young boy as he questions his faith and beliefs -- now one …
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Looking for Alaska

by John Green

The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 international bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Winner …
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Ragtime

by E. L. Doctorow

Doctorow's big bestseller, made into a major movie and now repackaged, was first published in mass market paper by Bantam.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The rise and fall, birth and death, of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the BuendĂ­a family.
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When I was Puerto Rican

by Esmeralda Santiago

Selling over 16,000 copies in hardcover, this triumphant coming-of-age memoir is now available in paperback editions in both English and Spanish. In the tradition of …
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

by Gabriel García Márquez

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes the gripping story of the murder of a young aristocrat that …
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Kindred

by Octavia Butler

Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. ("You have to read them.") From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable …
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Deliver Us from Evie

by M. E. Kerr

Revealing the story of his eighteen-year-old sister, young Parr describes the emotional turmoil experienced by each member of their family when Evie falls in love …
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The Last Chance Texaco

by Brent Hartinger

The guy looked at me with a stare that would have frozen antifreeze. "You the new groupie, huh?" "Yeah," I said. "So?" "So no one …
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Truth & Beauty

by Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett and the late Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, began a friendship that would …