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So from the most challenged to the most talented, everybody's memory increased.

Even bonds from of Europe's most challenged credits have staged a phenomenal rally in recent weeks.

Those firms with assets of 20 billion Swiss francs ($21 billion) and below are the most challenged.

"We continue to view consumer as most challenged, with little underlying improvement," Stifel analyst Mark Astrachan said.

Both that novel and "All-American Boys" are on the American Library Association's lists of most-challenged books.

Below, you'll find 10 of the most challenged books of 2018, along with the reasons they've been criticized.

In 2006, the series topped the American Library Association's list of most-challenged books of the 21st century.

The association put out its annual listing of most challenged books (PDF) Monday, and the Bible came in sixth.

Since Stone believes a resolution is in the cards, he sees opportunities in some of the most challenged groups.

The list of the 10 most challenged books in 2016 reveals much about the times in which we live.

Because of this, "The Hate U Give" made the American Library Association's list of most challenged books of 2018.

She volunteered for the classes with the most-challenged students, those who struggled academically or had trouble in their backgrounds.

The American Library Association in 2006 named the "Harry Potter" series as the most challenged books of the 21st Century.

Teachers can track the progress of a class or individual learner, grade their work and see where they are most challenged.

American Federation of Teachers members work in our most challenged schools — those same schools are heavily affected by school-to-prison pipelines.

He is uniquely positioned to bring together various federal departments to comprehensively address the needs of America's most challenged families and communities.

We therefore expect the CEO's revised strategy to provide clear targets and action levers on the most challenged parts of the business.

The airport most challenged by future heat waves will be those featuring short runways, high altitudes, and, unsurprisingly, a propensity for heat waves.

Business has picked up in the second quarter for PVH, including at one of the most challenged areas of the retail market: Department stores.

Of all those, it's the last one that got the book named to the American Library Association's list of most challenged books of 2015.

These books — there were three, in 1981, 1984, and 20153 — were terrifying, and often land on the American Library Association's most challenged books list.

Below are 10 of 2018's most challenged and banned books, according to the ALA:Book descriptions provided by Amazon and edited lightly for length.

Moises Loza is Executive Director of the Housing Assistance Council, a national nonprofit focused on housing for the rural poor—especially in the most challenged communities.

While the quality of data on both problems and solutions has improved, more investment is needed in programs specific to nutrition, especially in the most challenged countries.

"On a regional basis, sales were most challenged in the Northern regions, where weather had a more pronounced impact on sales for the quarter, " the company said.

The F-35, a fifth-generation stealth fighter, valued at an acquisition cost of $406.5 billion, has become one of the most challenged programs in Pentagon history.

The F-35, the crown jewel in the defense giant's portfolio, has become one of the most challenged programs in the history of the Department of Defense.

The book has seen its share of controversy; indeed, it appeared on the American Library Association's list of the 10 Most Challenged Books in 2016 and 2017.

Learn more here about Banned Books Week, held annually in September, and the American Library Association's lists of Top Ten Most Challenged Books going back to 1990.

Learn more about Banned Books Week, held annually in September, and see the American Library Association's lists of Top Ten Most Challenged Books going back to 1990.

According to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), the Potter books topped the list of most challenged books in 1999 and 2000, Publisher's Weekly reported.

In fact, many of the books which are on the most-challenged lists are also frequently assigned as classics (and being assigned may be what gets you challenged).

On the other hand, Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," last year's No. 1 most challenged book, was not among this year's top 10.

These 11 are the most-challenged books of 2018: "George," by Alex Gino This children's novel made the list because it features a transgender character, according to the ALA.

Each year the ALA publishes a list of "Top Ten Most Challenged Books," suggesting that the books on the list are somehow "banned" and unavailable for citizens to access.

Bill Cosby's "Little Bill" children's book series was among the 10 "most challenged" books in 2016, according to a list compiled by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.

Lockheed Martin's fifth-generation stealth fighter, valued at an acquisition cost of $406.5 billion, has become one of the most challenged programs in the history of the Department of Defense.

In this widely beloved novel by Judy Blume, originally published in 1970, but still on the most-challenged list, the narrator is deeply preoccupied with the when and how of menstruation.

In our digitally interconnected world, global terrorist organizations, prominent among them ISIL (ISIS), relentlessly reach out to marginalized youth in our most challenged communities, recruiting their allegiance to the cause of terror.

"The most challenged suppliers are too exposed to the smartphone and/or PC market, aren't investing enough in new markets, and tend not to have pricing power," it says in the report.

In fact, during the '90s, undoubtedly because of its dark, frequently gory subject matter, Scary Stories was the most-challenged banned book of the decade, and it's still in the top 10.

Tier 2 bonds issued last year by two of Italy's most challenged lenders, Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca, have tumbled close to 70 and are yielding 19.4% and 153% respectively.

Newsbook The American Library Association on Monday released its annual list of the "most challenged" books of last year — those that community members tried to get removed from their schools and libraries.

This week is Banned Books Week, in which the American Library Association highlights its annual Top Ten List of Most Challenged Books: effectively a curated snapshot of the American state of mind.

Read: The "Captain Underpants" series and 10 other titles made the American Library Association's annual list of the "most challenged" books, those that community members tried to get removed from schools and libraries.

"This is an area where we have been most challenged...and I would be honest by saying that part of my success will be measured by my ability to change that," said Schulz.

The American Library Association and the Office for Intellectual Freedom release an annual report on the 10 most challenged book titles in the country (this year, 11), based on censorship in schools and libraries.

The House version of the tax reform bill sought to end this vital tool that has, to date, directed more than $80 billion in private investment to the nation's most challenged and distressed communities.

Three of her novels — including "Beloved," which involves the murder of a child and references to sexual assault — were listed among the 100 most challenged books from 2000 to 2009 by the American Library Association.

Gathering over 300 influential philanthropists, artists, investors, celebrities and executives to attend, the evening "raises funds and resources to help thousands of vulnerable children in some of Los Angeles' most challenged communities," according to its website.

This series, which has long been legendary for its compelling power over small boys, has sometimes been at the top of the most-challenged list, perhaps in part because (surprise) there are many jokes about undergarments.

Several schools have banned the books in the past, and as CBS News notes, Harry Potter books topped the American Library Association's list of Top Ten Most Challenged Books in 22019 and 2002, and were present on the 2003 list.

"Assam is one of the most challenged areas we buy from and we're sadly all too aware of the wide spectrum of social issues it faces," Keith Writer, supply director for the British tea firm Bettys and Taylors, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The conundrum at the heart of 21st-century policing is that the most challenged communities present the most urgent demands for public safety, yet they tend to be the ones that most strongly resent the methods police employ to provide for public safety.

The American Library Association notes that the book was on its list of "Top Ten Most Challenged Books" in 2017, although the group notes that most of those complaints were over language and depictions of drug use rather than its examination of police violence.

However, those are also areas lacking in community-based health care providers, and that is where Optum is said to be most challenged, both in terms of doctors and the urgent care clinics that are also part of new menu of options for veterans who want to go outside the traditional network.

"In our opinion, cable networks are likely to be the most challenged part of the legacy media value chain and unless AT&T invests in making these businesses more sustainable ... we believe the company would be better off selling this asset now when there is still interest in media deals," Barclays wrote.

The Bluest Eye landed the fifth spot on the American Library Association (ALA) list of most challenged books in 2006. It was the second most challenged book of 2013 and the fourth most challenged book of 2014. According to the ALA, the reasons reported for challenges are "offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, [and] violence".

Because of these attempts, it was the second-most challenged book in the United States from 1990 to 1999.

The books have made the ALA (American Library Association) list of most challenged books for several years, making it to number one on the list in 2003 for their sexual content.

In 2018, the American Library Association stated the book was ranked second on a list of the most challenged titles, meaning it was requested for removal from various library collections on several occasions.

Sonya Sones is an American poet and author. She has written seven young adult novels in verse, and one novel in verse for adults. The ALA has named her one of the most frequently challenged authors of the 21st century. In 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011, the ALA included her novel What My Mother Doesn't Know on their list of the Top Ten Most Challenged Books,ALA: Top Ten Most Challenged Books List and it was named 31st on the ALA's list of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books of the 2000s.

Due to its graphic language and images, there is controversy surrounding the use of Persepolis in classrooms in the United States. Persepolis was featured on the American Library Association's list of Top Ten Most Challenged Books in 2014.

The book Guess What? ranks number 66 on the American list of the 100 most challenged books 1990 to 2000. Groups and agencies can challenge a book to prevent it from being available to be read by the general public.

Of course this is all offered in a humorous vein; nevertheless, some readers have been offended by the satire. Indeed, Silverstein is one of the American Library Association's most challenged authors. While some view the book's humor as directed towards adults, it was Silverstein's belief that children and elderly people should be treated no differently from anyone else.Nichols, Lew.

In Australia, Canada, and the United States, it is a part of many middle schools' reading lists, but it also appeared in many challenging book lists, such as the American Library Association's list of most challenged books of the 1990s. The novel forms a loose quartet with three other books set in the same future era: Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012).

Robie H. Harris is an American author, specializing in books for children. She was born in Buffalo, New York. She is particularly notable for being the author of several children's books about childbirth and human sexuality, including It's Perfectly Normal and It's so Amazing, two of the American Library Association's most-challenged books of the 21st century. She is a cousin of children's author Elizabeth Levy.

In 1996, Stuart Sloan, former owner and chairman of QFC, promised to spend at least $1 million a year for the next eight years to overhaul one of Seattle Public Schools's most challenged schools, T.T. Minor Elementary. The funds were donated in addition to public dollars and helped to pay for uniforms, smaller class sizes and a year-round schedule, though the manner in which the funds were applied sparked controversy.

According to the American Library Association, Myracle's books were the most challenged books of 2009 and 2011. Her books continue to be challenged in school libraries, usually for scenes of alleged sexuality, homosexuality, or alcohol use. Scholastic Books nearly refused to carry Luv Ya Bunches at its national school book fair events because the book features lesbian mothers. Scholastic recanted its initial decision after a large internet outcry.

1988 "Sports Award" of Ministry of Culture. In 1991, she started a company designing and producing RaceRunners and other gait devices. Though her and many others' efforts, the sport RaceRunning has developed to be one of the fastest growing parasports, and an amazing physically and mentally challenging sport for a wide group of the most challenged athletes. A signal to IPC about the importance of standing up for their roots and values of Para Sport.

The novel was named the Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editor's Choice. Despite its success, Twilight was one of the most challenged books of 2009 according to the American Library Association for being sexually explicit, being age- inappropriate, and for religious views; some schools and libraries were asked to remove the books from their shelves. Upon publishing Twilight, Meyer had already outlined a story for a sequel.

It was published in 2000 by Random House Children's Books. Her second novel The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things was released in 2003, the year Mackler and her husband married. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things was one of the top 10 most challenged books in 2009 as reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom. This novel also won the Printz Honor Award, and the next year Mackler published Vegan Virgin Valentine.

Most of Sulphur's schools are under the Calcasieu Parish School Board. One high school, Sulphur High School, serves the city, along with the Sulphur High Ninth Grade Campus that was completed in 2004. Elementary schools include Frasch, E.K. Key, W.T. Henning, R.W. Vincent, Maplewood, and Vincent Settlement (Carlyss). D.S. Perkins Elementary, one of the area's most challenged schools, closed in 2010, and all students and teachers were transferred to Cypress Cove, a completely new facility located in Carlyss.

In 2012, Bujak, championed the Montessori Manifesto 2012–2015, a major national initiative funded by the St Nicholas Charity, to take the Montessori into the most challenged inner city communities across the UK. In 2013, Bujak expanded the reach of the St Nicholas Charity into Poland with the opening of a new office in Warsaw and the launch of a new online course in Polish. This was the latest of a series of European initiatives sponsored by the St Nicholas Charity.

The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse", which reads: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley". (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Often go awry.) While it is a book taught in many schools, Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censors for vulgarity, and what some consider offensive and racist language; consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of 21st Century.

In 2010, The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo was placed on the "Most Challenged Books of 2010" list that was published by the Canadian Library Association. Again, this particular book was challenged – this time in Oregon for "concern that reading this book may result in confusion and stupidity." The book was retained in the library. Because of the "sarcastic view of humor", the series was challenged in Summit County and was moved out the primary library and into the intermediate library.

The novel has won multiple accolades and appraisal for its accurate information and its normalization of body changes and human sexuality. However, it has also been a source of controversy because of its graphic images that are considered inappropriate for the targeted age range. Many of Harris’s books, including It’s Perfectly Normal, has appeared on the American Library Association's Most Challenged Books frequently since 2005. It’s Perfectly Normal has additional anniversary editions that were published in 2004, 2009, and 2014.

Its publication in 1961 in the U.S. by Grove Press led to obscenity trials that tested American laws on pornography in the early 1960s. In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the book non-obscene. It is regarded as an important work of 20th-century literature. The children's book And Tango Makes Three has been one of the most challenged books in the 21st century due to the plot, which focuses on two homosexual penguins in the Central Park Zoo.

Parnell and Richardson noted the positive aspect of increased publicity leading to a larger audience of readers of And Tango Makes Three after it began to be challenged in schools and libraries. The American Library Association (ALA) tracks challenges and censorship cases made against literature in public schools and libraries. It reports that And Tango Makes Three was the most challenged book of 2006, 2007, and 2008. The book dropped to the second position in 2009 but returned to the top slot in 2010.

The novel won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, and led the association's list of most-challenged books in 2015 due to profanity and a sexually explicit scene. Schools in Kentucky, Tennessee, and several other states have attempted to place bans on the book. In 2005, Paramount Pictures received the rights to produce a film adaptation of Looking for Alaska; however, the film failed to reach production. Looking for Alaska premiered as a Hulu Original on October 18, 2019.

According to the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, Prince & Knight was the fifth most challenged book of 2019. Deborah Caldwell Stone, executive director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, says, “Our concern [as an organization] is the fact that many of the books are age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate books intended for young people” but are challenged because “they allegedly advance a political agenda or sexualize children.” According to findings from the ALA, the challenges came from parents, legislators, and religious leaders.

Alison Flood, Minnesota school's ban on graphic novel draws free-speech protests, The Guardian, 25 May 2016. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund also challenged its removal in a K-12 library in Henning, Minnesota but restored the book in the library for students with parental permission in grades 10-12. This One Summer has been featured on the American Library Association's "Top Ten Most Challenged Books" list in 2018 as the 7th most challenged book and 1st in 2016 “for profanity, sexual references, and certain illustrations”. According to the ALA, the reasoning for banning includes its use of LGBT characters, drug use, profanity, and sexuality explicit. In response to the criticism, author Mariko Tamaki stated, ‘“[T]here are people who are uncomfortable with any discussion of sexuality, who see this as inappropriate, maybe, for any age of young reader,” she said. “But really what expelling these books does is erase queer experiences, queer lives.”’ Another reviewer Meryl Jaffe identifies the issues regarding the profanity or sexuality within the novel but states they are appropriately developed and represent an accurate depiction of young teen life.

Many of the bans and restrictions have been lifted and it remains required reading in many other American, Australian, Irish, British, New Zealand and Canadian high schools. As a result of being a frequent target of censors, Of Mice and Men appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century (number 4). In the UK, it was listed at number 52 of the "nation's best loved novels" on the BBC's 2003 survey The Big Read."The Big Read", BBC, April 2003.

Jamie Clayton, a transgender actress, narrated the audio book. After a positive reception from literary sponsors prior to its release the number of copies to be printed was increased by 15,000. Alex Gino received largely positive feedback for George, from sources such as the New York Times and the National Public Radio. However, the story's young transgender protagonist, Melissa, was controversial to parents and teachers, which led George to be listed on the American Library Association's list of the 10 Most Challenged Books of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

After days of trekking in Nepalʼs Khumbu Valley, the climbing route started from Lobuche High Camp with steep rock, and transitioned to snow and ice for the final 2,000 feet. To ensure they summited in the best conditions, the team started climbing shortly after midnight and on October 14, 2010, they reached the summit of Lobuche. The physical and emotional issues of war proved too much for some of the team. However, in an astonishing finish, some of the most challenged soldiers summoned incredible courage to reach the summit.

This novel has been challenged in many schools and public libraries for themes deemed inappropriate for adolescents; in this case, talk about divorce, sexuality and recreational drug use. Family Secrets is on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999 at number 76.ALA’s list of most challenged books 1990–1999 This novel is on the ALA list for many and different reasons . Peter and Leslie have casual sexual relationship that first begins when one or both are under the effects marijuana.

The company serves as master developer of the Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization effort on the site of the former Waterman Gardens public housing project in San Bernardino. The multimillion-dollar redevelopment plan calls for more than 400 housing units, and is being credited with transforming one of the city's most challenged neighborhoods. National CORE also is a partner in the development of Mission Cove in San Diego County, California. That project will consist of 288 affordable housing units in one of the most expensive counties in the United States.

Segal has sat on the Board of Trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital of since 2009 . He also serves the New York Academy of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he serves as treasurer. He is also President of the A. L. Mailman Family Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on progressive advocacy and early childhood education. He is also founding Chairman Emeritus of Publicolor, a not-for-profit arts and education institution serving the needs of the most challenged New York City Public Schools, as well as a Trustee Emeritus of the Big Apple Circus.

In writing the novel, Thomas attempted to expand readers' understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as difficulties faced by black Americans who employ code switching. These themes, as well as the vulgar language, attracted some controversy and caused the book to be one of the most challenged books of 2017 and 2018 according to the American Library Association. The book was adapted into a film by Fox 2000 in October 2018, which received positive reviews. The novel was also adapted into an audiobook, won several awards and praise for its narrator, Bahni Turpin.

" Upon hearing about the proposed ban, upperclassmen at Lane Tech High School in Chicago flocked to the library to check out Persepolis and organized demonstrations in protest. CPS reinstituted the book in school libraries and classrooms. In 2014, the book faced three different challenges across the country, which led to its placement as #2 on the ALA’s list of “Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2014”. The first of these controversies occurred in Oregon’s Three Rivers School District, where a parent insisted on the removal of the book from its high school libraries due to the “coarse language and scenes of torture".

Dori Hillestad Butler (born August 26, 1965) is an American author of children's books. She has written more than 40 children's books, as well as magazine stories, plays and educational materials. Her first published book came in 1997, titled The Great Tooth Fairy Rip-Off, which propelled her career. She is known particularly for The Truth about Truman School, a 2008 young adult title focusing on the subject of cyber bullying, and for My Mom's Having a Baby (illustrated by Carol Thompson), which in 2011 appeared on the American Library Association's list of most challenged books for its portrayal of conception and childbirth.

1885 illustration from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, captioned "Misto Bradish's nigger" Mark Twain's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) has long been the subject of controversy for its racial content. Huckleberry Finn was the fifth most challenged book during the 1990s, according to the American Library Association. The novel is written from the point of view, and largely in the language, of Huckleberry Finn, an uneducated white boy, who is drifting down the Mississippi River on a raft with an adult escaped slave, Jim. The word "nigger" is used (mostly about Jim) over 200 times.

Nobelity is a film that looks at the world through the eyes of nine Nobel Laureates. The film follows filmmaker Turk Pipkin’s personal journey to find enlightening answers about the kind of world our children and grandchildren will know. Filmed across the U.S. and in France, England, India and Africa, Nobelity combines the insights of nine distinguished Nobel winners with a first-person view of world problems and the children who are most challenged by them. The film features Steven Weinberg, Jody Williams, Ahmed Zewail, Rick Smalley, Wangari Maathai, Sir Joseph Rotblat, Dr. Harold Varmus, Desmond Tutu, and Amartya Sen.

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, was first published in 1951 and has since been both frequently challenged and taught. In the 1980s, it "had the unusual distinction of being the nation's most frequently censored book, and, at the same time, the second most frequently taught novel in the public schools." The American Library Association deemed it the most censored book from 1966 to 1975 and the tenth most challenged book from 1990 to 1999. The novel also appears as the second best and most classic novel of the 20th century based on a list developed by the Radcliffe Publishing Course.

Woetzel serves on the artists committee of the Kennedy Center Honors, the Knight Foundation's National Arts Advisory Committee, and was a member of the Harvard University Task Force on the Arts. Woetzel holds an MPA degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. In the fall of 2010 he was a visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School where he co-taught a course on performing arts and the law. In November 2009, President Obama appointed Woetzel to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, where he has worked on creating the Turnaround Arts Program, which now brings arts education to some of the nation’s most challenged school districts.

In 2010, Mayor Nutter commissioned a pilot project labeled "Public Service Areas" to supplement police response with a coordinated effort from other city agencies in areas of the city plagued with chronic issues of crime and disorder. After some initial signs of crime reduction in the Hartranft community of North Philadelphia, the pilot was renamed "the PhillyRising Collaborative" and expanded across each of the Philadelphia Police Department's six divisions. Each neighborhood selected for participation in PhillyRising is chosen based on an evaluation data regarding levels of crime, disorder, and other quality of life data. Since its inception in 2010, the PhillyRising Collaborative has supported crime reduction through improved quality of life in some of Philadelphia's most challenged communities.

The American Library Association listed the book as one of the ten most-challenged books of 2017 and 2018, "because it was considered 'pervasively vulgar' and because of drug use, profanity, and offensive language". In July 2018, a South Carolina police union raised objections to the inclusion of the book, as well as the similarly themed All American Boys by Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds, in the summer reading list for ninth- grade students of Wando High School. A representative of the police lodge described the inclusion of the books as "almost indoctrination of distrust of police" and asserted that "we've got to put a stop to that." The books remained on the list and Wando's principal was later recognized by the state school library association for her defense of the challenged books.

The precise definition of "family-friendly" can vary depending upon the perceived acceptability of content for children — one of the most challenged books in United States libraries is Captain Underpants, a book that contains toilet humor that parents read out to children. Consumer advocacy groups representing parents have lobbied against media that contains profanity and criticized what they see as attempts to deny other families the ability to choose what is appropriate for their children. In December 2019 a broad coalition of US consumer groups, including the CDC and the CCFC, called for the Federal Trade Commission to carry out a sweeping review of digital media companies that target children. The values of the individual family, such as their belief in religion, can also affect whether the family perceives a product as family-friendly.

They also pointed out that Melissa expresses her identity as a girl in very traditionally feminine ways, like by wearing dresses and makeup, thereby shutting people who do not strictly fit into the gender binary out of the novel's representation of transgenderism. J Wallace Skelton criticized the book's title of George, arguing that it does not support Melissa's true identity as a female by deadnaming her (referring to her by a name that she no longer wishes to use.) George has appeared on the American Library Association's Top Ten Most Challenged Book list every year since its publication. In 2016, it was listed at number three; in 2017 it was listed at number five, and in 2018, it was listed at number one. Parents and teachers challenge George because it features a transgender girl and her older brother's discussion of age inappropriate material.

According to The New York Times, in the 1970s it became common practice for school libraries to keep Go Ask Alice off library shelves and make it available to students only upon request, a practice which was criticized as being a form of censorship. A 1982 survey of school librarians across the United States, co-sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, found that Go Ask Alice was the most frequently censored book in high school libraries. Decades after its original publication, Go Ask Alice became one of the most challenged books of the 1990s and 2000s. On the American Library Association (ALA) list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, Go Ask Alice was ranked at number 25; on the ALA list compiled for the 2000s, it rose to position 18.

The seven-book Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling has been highly popular since the first novel came out in 1997, leading to the release of eight movies based on the series and an amusement park inspired by the characters. Harry Potter has brought similar amount of controversy as it has obsession: the series was the most frequently challenged book in 2001 and 2002, before falling to second-most challenged book in 2003. The ALA cites the reasons for censorship as "anti-family, occult/Satanism, religious viewpoint, violence", but the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas's "Free People Read Freely" report also cited concerns over sexual content. In one case in Lawrenceville, Georgia in 2007, a parent asked that the Harry Potter books be kept out of classrooms, suggesting that the novels promote the practice of witchcraft and contain violent content that is not suitable for her 15-year-old daughter to read as she was becoming inspired to try witchcraft like the characters do in the series.

Read the full 2018 "Top 11 Most Challenged Books" list below: from Hyperallergic
So from the most challenged to the most talented, everybody's memory increased. from CNN
Even bonds from of Europe's most challenged credits have staged a phenomenal rally in recent weeks. from Reuters
Those firms with assets of 20 billion Swiss francs ($21 billion) and below are the most challenged. from Reuters
"We continue to view consumer as most challenged, with little underlying improvement," Stifel analyst Mark Astrachan said. from Reuters
Both that novel and "All-American Boys" are on the American Library Association's lists of most-challenged books. from CNN
Below, you'll find 10 of the most challenged books of 2018, along with the reasons they've been criticized. from Business Insider
In 2006, the series topped the American Library Association's list of most-challenged books of the 21st century. from CNN
The association put out its annual listing of most challenged books (PDF) Monday, and the Bible came in sixth. from CNN
Since Stone believes a resolution is in the cards, he sees opportunities in some of the most challenged groups. from CNBC
The list of the 10 most challenged books in 2016 reveals much about the times in which we live. from The New York Times
Because of this, "The Hate U Give" made the American Library Association's list of most challenged books of 2018. from CNN
She volunteered for the classes with the most-challenged students, those who struggled academically or had trouble in their backgrounds. from The New York Times
The American Library Association in 2006 named the "Harry Potter" series as the most challenged books of the 21st Century. from The Hill
Teachers can track the progress of a class or individual learner, grade their work and see where they are most challenged. from TechCrunch
American Federation of Teachers members work in our most challenged schools — those same schools are heavily affected by school-to-prison pipelines. from Vox
He is uniquely positioned to bring together various federal departments to comprehensively address the needs of America's most challenged families and communities. from The Hill
We therefore expect the CEO's revised strategy to provide clear targets and action levers on the most challenged parts of the business. from Reuters
The airport most challenged by future heat waves will be those featuring short runways, high altitudes, and, unsurprisingly, a propensity for heat waves. from Gizmodo
Business has picked up in the second quarter for PVH, including at one of the most challenged areas of the retail market: Department stores. from CNBC
Of all those, it's the last one that got the book named to the American Library Association's list of most challenged books of 2015. from CNN
These books — there were three, in 1981, 1984, and 20153 — were terrifying, and often land on the American Library Association's most challenged books list. from Buzzfeed News
Below are 10 of 2018's most challenged and banned books, according to the ALA:Book descriptions provided by Amazon and edited lightly for length. from Business Insider
Moises Loza is Executive Director of the Housing Assistance Council, a national nonprofit focused on housing for the rural poor—especially in the most challenged communities. from The Hill
While the quality of data on both problems and solutions has improved, more investment is needed in programs specific to nutrition, especially in the most challenged countries. from Axios
"On a regional basis, sales were most challenged in the Northern regions, where weather had a more pronounced impact on sales for the quarter, " the company said. from CNBC
The F-35, a fifth-generation stealth fighter, valued at an acquisition cost of $406.5 billion, has become one of the most challenged programs in Pentagon history. from CNBC
The F-35, the crown jewel in the defense giant's portfolio, has become one of the most challenged programs in the history of the Department of Defense. from CNBC
The book has seen its share of controversy; indeed, it appeared on the American Library Association's list of the 10 Most Challenged Books in 2016 and 2017. from The New York Times
Learn more here about Banned Books Week, held annually in September, and the American Library Association's lists of Top Ten Most Challenged Books going back to 1990. from The New York Times
Learn more about Banned Books Week, held annually in September, and see the American Library Association's lists of Top Ten Most Challenged Books going back to 1990. from The New York Times
According to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), the Potter books topped the list of most challenged books in 1999 and 2000, Publisher's Weekly reported. from People
In fact, many of the books which are on the most-challenged lists are also frequently assigned as classics (and being assigned may be what gets you challenged). from The New York Times
On the other hand, Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," last year's No. 1 most challenged book, was not among this year's top 10. from CNN
These 11 are the most-challenged books of 2018: "George," by Alex Gino This children's novel made the list because it features a transgender character, according to the ALA. from CNN
Each year the ALA publishes a list of "Top Ten Most Challenged Books," suggesting that the books on the list are somehow "banned" and unavailable for citizens to access. from The Hill
Bill Cosby's "Little Bill" children's book series was among the 10 "most challenged" books in 2016, according to a list compiled by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. from The New York Times
Lockheed Martin's fifth-generation stealth fighter, valued at an acquisition cost of $406.5 billion, has become one of the most challenged programs in the history of the Department of Defense. from CNBC
In this widely beloved novel by Judy Blume, originally published in 1970, but still on the most-challenged list, the narrator is deeply preoccupied with the when and how of menstruation. from The New York Times
In our digitally interconnected world, global terrorist organizations, prominent among them ISIL (ISIS), relentlessly reach out to marginalized youth in our most challenged communities, recruiting their allegiance to the cause of terror. from CNN
"The most challenged suppliers are too exposed to the smartphone and/or PC market, aren't investing enough in new markets, and tend not to have pricing power," it says in the report. from CNBC
In fact, during the '90s, undoubtedly because of its dark, frequently gory subject matter, Scary Stories was the most-challenged banned book of the decade, and it's still in the top 10. from Vox
Tier 2 bonds issued last year by two of Italy's most challenged lenders, Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca, have tumbled close to 70 and are yielding 19.4% and 153% respectively. from Reuters
Newsbook The American Library Association on Monday released its annual list of the "most challenged" books of last year — those that community members tried to get removed from their schools and libraries. from The New York Times
This week is Banned Books Week, in which the American Library Association highlights its annual Top Ten List of Most Challenged Books: effectively a curated snapshot of the American state of mind. from The New York Times
Read: The "Captain Underpants" series and 10 other titles made the American Library Association's annual list of the "most challenged" books, those that community members tried to get removed from schools and libraries. from The New York Times
"This is an area where we have been most challenged...and I would be honest by saying that part of my success will be measured by my ability to change that," said Schulz. from Reuters
The American Library Association and the Office for Intellectual Freedom release an annual report on the 10 most challenged book titles in the country (this year, 11), based on censorship in schools and libraries. from Hyperallergic
The House version of the tax reform bill sought to end this vital tool that has, to date, directed more than $80 billion in private investment to the nation's most challenged and distressed communities. from The Hill
Three of her novels — including "Beloved," which involves the murder of a child and references to sexual assault — were listed among the 100 most challenged books from 2000 to 2009 by the American Library Association. from CNBC
Gathering over 300 influential philanthropists, artists, investors, celebrities and executives to attend, the evening "raises funds and resources to help thousands of vulnerable children in some of Los Angeles' most challenged communities," according to its website. from People
This series, which has long been legendary for its compelling power over small boys, has sometimes been at the top of the most-challenged list, perhaps in part because (surprise) there are many jokes about undergarments. from The New York Times
Several schools have banned the books in the past, and as CBS News notes, Harry Potter books topped the American Library Association's list of Top Ten Most Challenged Books in 22019 and 2002, and were present on the 2003 list. from Mashable
"Assam is one of the most challenged areas we buy from and we're sadly all too aware of the wide spectrum of social issues it faces," Keith Writer, supply director for the British tea firm Bettys and Taylors, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. from Reuters
The conundrum at the heart of 21st-century policing is that the most challenged communities present the most urgent demands for public safety, yet they tend to be the ones that most strongly resent the methods police employ to provide for public safety. from CNN
The American Library Association notes that the book was on its list of "Top Ten Most Challenged Books" in 2017, although the group notes that most of those complaints were over language and depictions of drug use rather than its examination of police violence. from Vox
However, those are also areas lacking in community-based health care providers, and that is where Optum is said to be most challenged, both in terms of doctors and the urgent care clinics that are also part of new menu of options for veterans who want to go outside the traditional network. from The New York Times
"In our opinion, cable networks are likely to be the most challenged part of the legacy media value chain and unless AT&T invests in making these businesses more sustainable ... we believe the company would be better off selling this asset now when there is still interest in media deals," Barclays wrote. from Business Insider
The Bluest Eye landed the fifth spot on the American Library Association (ALA) list of most challenged books in 2006. It was the second most challenged book of 2013 and the fourth most challenged book of 2014. According to the ALA, the reasons reported for challenges are "offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, [and] violence".
Because of these attempts, it was the second-most challenged book in the United States from 1990 to 1999.
The books have made the ALA (American Library Association) list of most challenged books for several years, making it to number one on the list in 2003 for their sexual content.
In 2018, the American Library Association stated the book was ranked second on a list of the most challenged titles, meaning it was requested for removal from various library collections on several occasions.
Sonya Sones is an American poet and author. She has written seven young adult novels in verse, and one novel in verse for adults. The ALA has named her one of the most frequently challenged authors of the 21st century. In 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011, the ALA included her novel What My Mother Doesn't Know on their list of the Top Ten Most Challenged Books,ALA: Top Ten Most Challenged Books List and it was named 31st on the ALA's list of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books of the 2000s.
Due to its graphic language and images, there is controversy surrounding the use of Persepolis in classrooms in the United States. Persepolis was featured on the American Library Association's list of Top Ten Most Challenged Books in 2014.
The book Guess What? ranks number 66 on the American list of the 100 most challenged books 1990 to 2000. Groups and agencies can challenge a book to prevent it from being available to be read by the general public.
Of course this is all offered in a humorous vein; nevertheless, some readers have been offended by the satire. Indeed, Silverstein is one of the American Library Association's most challenged authors. While some view the book's humor as directed towards adults, it was Silverstein's belief that children and elderly people should be treated no differently from anyone else.Nichols, Lew.
In Australia, Canada, and the United States, it is a part of many middle schools' reading lists, but it also appeared in many challenging book lists, such as the American Library Association's list of most challenged books of the 1990s. The novel forms a loose quartet with three other books set in the same future era: Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012).
Robie H. Harris is an American author, specializing in books for children. She was born in Buffalo, New York. She is particularly notable for being the author of several children's books about childbirth and human sexuality, including It's Perfectly Normal and It's so Amazing, two of the American Library Association's most-challenged books of the 21st century. She is a cousin of children's author Elizabeth Levy.
In 1996, Stuart Sloan, former owner and chairman of QFC, promised to spend at least $1 million a year for the next eight years to overhaul one of Seattle Public Schools's most challenged schools, T.T. Minor Elementary. The funds were donated in addition to public dollars and helped to pay for uniforms, smaller class sizes and a year-round schedule, though the manner in which the funds were applied sparked controversy.
According to the American Library Association, Myracle's books were the most challenged books of 2009 and 2011. Her books continue to be challenged in school libraries, usually for scenes of alleged sexuality, homosexuality, or alcohol use. Scholastic Books nearly refused to carry Luv Ya Bunches at its national school book fair events because the book features lesbian mothers. Scholastic recanted its initial decision after a large internet outcry.
1988 "Sports Award" of Ministry of Culture. In 1991, she started a company designing and producing RaceRunners and other gait devices. Though her and many others' efforts, the sport RaceRunning has developed to be one of the fastest growing parasports, and an amazing physically and mentally challenging sport for a wide group of the most challenged athletes. A signal to IPC about the importance of standing up for their roots and values of Para Sport.
The novel was named the Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editor's Choice. Despite its success, Twilight was one of the most challenged books of 2009 according to the American Library Association for being sexually explicit, being age- inappropriate, and for religious views; some schools and libraries were asked to remove the books from their shelves. Upon publishing Twilight, Meyer had already outlined a story for a sequel.
It was published in 2000 by Random House Children's Books. Her second novel The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things was released in 2003, the year Mackler and her husband married. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things was one of the top 10 most challenged books in 2009 as reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom. This novel also won the Printz Honor Award, and the next year Mackler published Vegan Virgin Valentine.
Most of Sulphur's schools are under the Calcasieu Parish School Board. One high school, Sulphur High School, serves the city, along with the Sulphur High Ninth Grade Campus that was completed in 2004. Elementary schools include Frasch, E.K. Key, W.T. Henning, R.W. Vincent, Maplewood, and Vincent Settlement (Carlyss). D.S. Perkins Elementary, one of the area's most challenged schools, closed in 2010, and all students and teachers were transferred to Cypress Cove, a completely new facility located in Carlyss.
In 2012, Bujak, championed the Montessori Manifesto 2012–2015, a major national initiative funded by the St Nicholas Charity, to take the Montessori into the most challenged inner city communities across the UK. In 2013, Bujak expanded the reach of the St Nicholas Charity into Poland with the opening of a new office in Warsaw and the launch of a new online course in Polish. This was the latest of a series of European initiatives sponsored by the St Nicholas Charity.
The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse", which reads: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley". (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Often go awry.) While it is a book taught in many schools, Of Mice and Men has been a frequent target of censors for vulgarity, and what some consider offensive and racist language; consequently, it appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of 21st Century.
In 2010, The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo was placed on the "Most Challenged Books of 2010" list that was published by the Canadian Library Association. Again, this particular book was challenged – this time in Oregon for "concern that reading this book may result in confusion and stupidity." The book was retained in the library. Because of the "sarcastic view of humor", the series was challenged in Summit County and was moved out the primary library and into the intermediate library.
The novel has won multiple accolades and appraisal for its accurate information and its normalization of body changes and human sexuality. However, it has also been a source of controversy because of its graphic images that are considered inappropriate for the targeted age range. Many of Harris’s books, including It’s Perfectly Normal, has appeared on the American Library Association's Most Challenged Books frequently since 2005. It’s Perfectly Normal has additional anniversary editions that were published in 2004, 2009, and 2014.
Its publication in 1961 in the U.S. by Grove Press led to obscenity trials that tested American laws on pornography in the early 1960s. In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the book non-obscene. It is regarded as an important work of 20th-century literature. The children's book And Tango Makes Three has been one of the most challenged books in the 21st century due to the plot, which focuses on two homosexual penguins in the Central Park Zoo.
Parnell and Richardson noted the positive aspect of increased publicity leading to a larger audience of readers of And Tango Makes Three after it began to be challenged in schools and libraries. The American Library Association (ALA) tracks challenges and censorship cases made against literature in public schools and libraries. It reports that And Tango Makes Three was the most challenged book of 2006, 2007, and 2008. The book dropped to the second position in 2009 but returned to the top slot in 2010.
The novel won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, and led the association's list of most-challenged books in 2015 due to profanity and a sexually explicit scene. Schools in Kentucky, Tennessee, and several other states have attempted to place bans on the book. In 2005, Paramount Pictures received the rights to produce a film adaptation of Looking for Alaska; however, the film failed to reach production. Looking for Alaska premiered as a Hulu Original on October 18, 2019.
According to the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, Prince & Knight was the fifth most challenged book of 2019. Deborah Caldwell Stone, executive director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom, says, “Our concern [as an organization] is the fact that many of the books are age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate books intended for young people” but are challenged because “they allegedly advance a political agenda or sexualize children.” According to findings from the ALA, the challenges came from parents, legislators, and religious leaders.
Alison Flood, Minnesota school's ban on graphic novel draws free-speech protests, The Guardian, 25 May 2016. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund also challenged its removal in a K-12 library in Henning, Minnesota but restored the book in the library for students with parental permission in grades 10-12. This One Summer has been featured on the American Library Association's "Top Ten Most Challenged Books" list in 2018 as the 7th most challenged book and 1st in 2016 “for profanity, sexual references, and certain illustrations”. According to the ALA, the reasoning for banning includes its use of LGBT characters, drug use, profanity, and sexuality explicit. In response to the criticism, author Mariko Tamaki stated, ‘“[T]here are people who are uncomfortable with any discussion of sexuality, who see this as inappropriate, maybe, for any age of young reader,” she said. “But really what expelling these books does is erase queer experiences, queer lives.”’ Another reviewer Meryl Jaffe identifies the issues regarding the profanity or sexuality within the novel but states they are appropriately developed and represent an accurate depiction of young teen life.
Many of the bans and restrictions have been lifted and it remains required reading in many other American, Australian, Irish, British, New Zealand and Canadian high schools. As a result of being a frequent target of censors, Of Mice and Men appears on the American Library Association's list of the Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century (number 4). In the UK, it was listed at number 52 of the "nation's best loved novels" on the BBC's 2003 survey The Big Read."The Big Read", BBC, April 2003.
Jamie Clayton, a transgender actress, narrated the audio book. After a positive reception from literary sponsors prior to its release the number of copies to be printed was increased by 15,000. Alex Gino received largely positive feedback for George, from sources such as the New York Times and the National Public Radio. However, the story's young transgender protagonist, Melissa, was controversial to parents and teachers, which led George to be listed on the American Library Association's list of the 10 Most Challenged Books of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
After days of trekking in Nepalʼs Khumbu Valley, the climbing route started from Lobuche High Camp with steep rock, and transitioned to snow and ice for the final 2,000 feet. To ensure they summited in the best conditions, the team started climbing shortly after midnight and on October 14, 2010, they reached the summit of Lobuche. The physical and emotional issues of war proved too much for some of the team. However, in an astonishing finish, some of the most challenged soldiers summoned incredible courage to reach the summit.
This novel has been challenged in many schools and public libraries for themes deemed inappropriate for adolescents; in this case, talk about divorce, sexuality and recreational drug use. Family Secrets is on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999 at number 76.ALA’s list of most challenged books 1990–1999 This novel is on the ALA list for many and different reasons . Peter and Leslie have casual sexual relationship that first begins when one or both are under the effects marijuana.
The company serves as master developer of the Arrowhead Grove Neighborhood Revitalization effort on the site of the former Waterman Gardens public housing project in San Bernardino. The multimillion-dollar redevelopment plan calls for more than 400 housing units, and is being credited with transforming one of the city's most challenged neighborhoods. National CORE also is a partner in the development of Mission Cove in San Diego County, California. That project will consist of 288 affordable housing units in one of the most expensive counties in the United States.
Segal has sat on the Board of Trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital of since 2009 . He also serves the New York Academy of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he serves as treasurer. He is also President of the A. L. Mailman Family Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on progressive advocacy and early childhood education. He is also founding Chairman Emeritus of Publicolor, a not-for-profit arts and education institution serving the needs of the most challenged New York City Public Schools, as well as a Trustee Emeritus of the Big Apple Circus.
In writing the novel, Thomas attempted to expand readers' understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as difficulties faced by black Americans who employ code switching. These themes, as well as the vulgar language, attracted some controversy and caused the book to be one of the most challenged books of 2017 and 2018 according to the American Library Association. The book was adapted into a film by Fox 2000 in October 2018, which received positive reviews. The novel was also adapted into an audiobook, won several awards and praise for its narrator, Bahni Turpin.
" Upon hearing about the proposed ban, upperclassmen at Lane Tech High School in Chicago flocked to the library to check out Persepolis and organized demonstrations in protest. CPS reinstituted the book in school libraries and classrooms. In 2014, the book faced three different challenges across the country, which led to its placement as #2 on the ALA’s list of “Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2014”. The first of these controversies occurred in Oregon’s Three Rivers School District, where a parent insisted on the removal of the book from its high school libraries due to the “coarse language and scenes of torture".
Dori Hillestad Butler (born August 26, 1965) is an American author of children's books. She has written more than 40 children's books, as well as magazine stories, plays and educational materials. Her first published book came in 1997, titled The Great Tooth Fairy Rip-Off, which propelled her career. She is known particularly for The Truth about Truman School, a 2008 young adult title focusing on the subject of cyber bullying, and for My Mom's Having a Baby (illustrated by Carol Thompson), which in 2011 appeared on the American Library Association's list of most challenged books for its portrayal of conception and childbirth.
1885 illustration from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, captioned "Misto Bradish's nigger" Mark Twain's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) has long been the subject of controversy for its racial content. Huckleberry Finn was the fifth most challenged book during the 1990s, according to the American Library Association. The novel is written from the point of view, and largely in the language, of Huckleberry Finn, an uneducated white boy, who is drifting down the Mississippi River on a raft with an adult escaped slave, Jim. The word "nigger" is used (mostly about Jim) over 200 times.
Nobelity is a film that looks at the world through the eyes of nine Nobel Laureates. The film follows filmmaker Turk Pipkin’s personal journey to find enlightening answers about the kind of world our children and grandchildren will know. Filmed across the U.S. and in France, England, India and Africa, Nobelity combines the insights of nine distinguished Nobel winners with a first-person view of world problems and the children who are most challenged by them. The film features Steven Weinberg, Jody Williams, Ahmed Zewail, Rick Smalley, Wangari Maathai, Sir Joseph Rotblat, Dr. Harold Varmus, Desmond Tutu, and Amartya Sen.
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, was first published in 1951 and has since been both frequently challenged and taught. In the 1980s, it "had the unusual distinction of being the nation's most frequently censored book, and, at the same time, the second most frequently taught novel in the public schools." The American Library Association deemed it the most censored book from 1966 to 1975 and the tenth most challenged book from 1990 to 1999. The novel also appears as the second best and most classic novel of the 20th century based on a list developed by the Radcliffe Publishing Course.
Woetzel serves on the artists committee of the Kennedy Center Honors, the Knight Foundation's National Arts Advisory Committee, and was a member of the Harvard University Task Force on the Arts. Woetzel holds an MPA degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. In the fall of 2010 he was a visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School where he co-taught a course on performing arts and the law. In November 2009, President Obama appointed Woetzel to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, where he has worked on creating the Turnaround Arts Program, which now brings arts education to some of the nation’s most challenged school districts.
In 2010, Mayor Nutter commissioned a pilot project labeled "Public Service Areas" to supplement police response with a coordinated effort from other city agencies in areas of the city plagued with chronic issues of crime and disorder. After some initial signs of crime reduction in the Hartranft community of North Philadelphia, the pilot was renamed "the PhillyRising Collaborative" and expanded across each of the Philadelphia Police Department's six divisions. Each neighborhood selected for participation in PhillyRising is chosen based on an evaluation data regarding levels of crime, disorder, and other quality of life data. Since its inception in 2010, the PhillyRising Collaborative has supported crime reduction through improved quality of life in some of Philadelphia's most challenged communities.
The American Library Association listed the book as one of the ten most-challenged books of 2017 and 2018, "because it was considered 'pervasively vulgar' and because of drug use, profanity, and offensive language". In July 2018, a South Carolina police union raised objections to the inclusion of the book, as well as the similarly themed All American Boys by Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds, in the summer reading list for ninth- grade students of Wando High School. A representative of the police lodge described the inclusion of the books as "almost indoctrination of distrust of police" and asserted that "we've got to put a stop to that." The books remained on the list and Wando's principal was later recognized by the state school library association for her defense of the challenged books.
The precise definition of "family-friendly" can vary depending upon the perceived acceptability of content for children — one of the most challenged books in United States libraries is Captain Underpants, a book that contains toilet humor that parents read out to children. Consumer advocacy groups representing parents have lobbied against media that contains profanity and criticized what they see as attempts to deny other families the ability to choose what is appropriate for their children. In December 2019 a broad coalition of US consumer groups, including the CDC and the CCFC, called for the Federal Trade Commission to carry out a sweeping review of digital media companies that target children. The values of the individual family, such as their belief in religion, can also affect whether the family perceives a product as family-friendly.
They also pointed out that Melissa expresses her identity as a girl in very traditionally feminine ways, like by wearing dresses and makeup, thereby shutting people who do not strictly fit into the gender binary out of the novel's representation of transgenderism. J Wallace Skelton criticized the book's title of George, arguing that it does not support Melissa's true identity as a female by deadnaming her (referring to her by a name that she no longer wishes to use.) George has appeared on the American Library Association's Top Ten Most Challenged Book list every year since its publication. In 2016, it was listed at number three; in 2017 it was listed at number five, and in 2018, it was listed at number one. Parents and teachers challenge George because it features a transgender girl and her older brother's discussion of age inappropriate material.
According to The New York Times, in the 1970s it became common practice for school libraries to keep Go Ask Alice off library shelves and make it available to students only upon request, a practice which was criticized as being a form of censorship. A 1982 survey of school librarians across the United States, co-sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, found that Go Ask Alice was the most frequently censored book in high school libraries. Decades after its original publication, Go Ask Alice became one of the most challenged books of the 1990s and 2000s. On the American Library Association (ALA) list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, Go Ask Alice was ranked at number 25; on the ALA list compiled for the 2000s, it rose to position 18.
The seven-book Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling has been highly popular since the first novel came out in 1997, leading to the release of eight movies based on the series and an amusement park inspired by the characters. Harry Potter has brought similar amount of controversy as it has obsession: the series was the most frequently challenged book in 2001 and 2002, before falling to second-most challenged book in 2003. The ALA cites the reasons for censorship as "anti-family, occult/Satanism, religious viewpoint, violence", but the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas's "Free People Read Freely" report also cited concerns over sexual content. In one case in Lawrenceville, Georgia in 2007, a parent asked that the Harry Potter books be kept out of classrooms, suggesting that the novels promote the practice of witchcraft and contain violent content that is not suitable for her 15-year-old daughter to read as she was becoming inspired to try witchcraft like the characters do in the series.