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• Julie of the Wolves

  George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012

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  Banned: sexual content, offensive language, violence, unsuited to age group

• The Slave Dancer

  Fox, Paula

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  Banned: depiction of slave trade

• The Fighting Ground

  Avi, 1937-

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  Banned: profanity

• Child of the Dark Prophecy

  Barron, T. A.

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  Banned: occult

• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

  Blume, Judy

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  Banned: puberty, religious themes

• Deenie

  Blume, Judy

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  Banned: talk about sexuality

• Al Capone Does My Shirts

  Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-

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  Banned: perpetuates negative stereotypes

• The Supernaturalist

  Colfer, Eoin

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  Banned: occult/Satanism

• Crazy Lady!

  Conly, Jane Leslie

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  Banned: profanity

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

  a Novel

  Curtis, Christopher Paul

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  Banned: race-relations of the 60's, offensive language, political view, violence

• George

  Gino, Alex,

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  Banned: LGBTQ+ content, conflicting with religious viewpoint, not reflecting values of the community

• Flashcards of My Life

  a Novel

  Harper, Charise Mericle

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  Banned: sexually Explicit, unsuited to age group, LGBTQ+ content

• Olive's Ocean

  Henkes, Kevin

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  Banned: sexually explicit, offensive language

• A Wrinkle in Time

  L'Engle, Madeleine,

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  Banned: biblical references, witchcraft

• The Call of the Wild

  London, Jack, 1876-1916

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  Banned: violence, sexually explicit, vulgar language

• The Giver

  Lowry, Lois

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  Banned: Infanticide, suicide, euthanasia

• The Girl Who Owned a City

  Nelson, O. T.

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  Banned: promotes violence

• Harris and Me

  a Summer Remembered

  Paulsen, Gary

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  Banned: language

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  Rowling, J. K.

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  Series Banned: occult/Satanism

• The Egypt Game

  Snyder, Zilpha Keatley

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  Banned: condoning trespassing, lying to parents, and depicting Egyptian worship rituals