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Top 10 Banned and Challenged Books of 2012!

1. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey.

   Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group

2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.

   Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

3. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.

   Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group

4. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.

   Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit

5. And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.

   Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group

6. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.

   Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit

7. Looking for Alaska, by John Green.

   Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

8. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz

   Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence

9. The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls

   Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit

10. Beloved, by Toni Morrison

    Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence

From http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10#2012 at the Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association.