Award Winning Books that Have Been Banned or Challenged
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Call Number: PS3551 .L35774 A27 2007Why: Sexual references, profanity, violence, gambling, underage drinking, religious viewpoint
Award: 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
The Color Purple by Call Number: PS3573.A425 C6 1992Why: explicit sexuality, profanity, violence, and portrayal of drug use
Award: Pulitzer Prize
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Call Number: TEXTBOOK PR6058.A26 C87 2003 ES0L 1202Why: Offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group
Awards: Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
The Grapes of Wrath by Call Number: PS3537.T3234 G8 2002Why: Profanity, sexuality
Award: Pulitzer Prize
The Kite Runner by Call Number: ESL FICTION ADVANCED HOSSEINIWhy: Sexually explicit content, offensive language, and age inappropriateness
Award: Boeke Prize in 2004
Lord of the Flies by Call Number: PR6013 .O35 L6 1999Why: Profanity, racism, misogyny, portrayals of sexuality, use of racial slurs, and excessive violence
Award: Golding received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983
To Kill a Mockingbird by Call Number: PS3562.E353T6 1960Why: Violence, offensive language, racism
Award: Pulitzer Prize
