American Library Association:
Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2005
It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley , homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion, and unsuited to age group .
Forever by Judy Blume , sexual content and offensive language .
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger , sexual content, offensive language, and unsuited to age group .
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier , sexual content, offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and violence .
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher , racism and offensive language .
Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds , sexual content .
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones , sexual content and unsuited to age group .
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey , anti-family content, unsuited to age group, and violence .
Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly , offensive language .
It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families by Robie H. Harris , sex education and sexual content .
Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2004
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier , sexual content, offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and violence .
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers , racism, offensive language, and violence .
Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Michael A. Bellesiles , inaccuracy and political viewpoint .
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey , offensive language and modeling bad behavior .
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky , homosexuality, sexual content, and offensive language .
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones , offensive language and sexual content .
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak , nudity and offensive language .
King and King by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland , homosexuality .
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou , sexual content, racism, offensive language, violence, and unsuited to age group .
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck , offensive language .
Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2003
Alice series , by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor , sexual content, using offensive language, and unsuited to age group .
Harry Potter series , by J.K. Rowling , focus on wizardry and magic .
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck , offensive language .
Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Michael A. Bellesiles , inaccuracy .
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers , offensive language and unsuited to age group .
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous , explicit sexuality, offensive language, and drug use .
It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris , homosexuality, nudity, sexual content, and sex education .
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier , offensive language and sexual content .
King and King by Linda de Haan , homosexuality .
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson , offensive language and Occult/Satanism .
Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2002
Harry Potter series , by J.K. Rowling , focus on wizardry and magic .
Alice series , by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor , explicit sexuality, offensive language, and unsuited to age group .
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier , offensive language and unsuited to age group .
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou , sexual content, racism, offensive language, violence, and unsuited to age group .
Taming the Star Runner by S.E. Hinton , offensive language .
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey , insensitivity, unsuited to age group, and encouraging children to disobey authority .
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain , racism, insensitivity, and offensive language .
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson , offensive language, sexual content, and Occult/Satanism .
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Dean Taylor , insensitivity, racism, and offensive language .
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George , sexual content, offensive language, violence, and unsuited to age group .
Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2001
Harry Potter series , by J.K. Rowling , focus on wizardry and magic .
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck , offensive language and unsuited to age group .
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier , offensive language and unsuited to age group .
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou , sexual content, racism, offensive language, violence and unsuited to age group .
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene , racism, offensive language, and explicit sexuality .
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger , offensive language and unsuited to age group .
Alice series , by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor , explicit sexuality, offensive language, and unsuited to age group .
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous , explicit sexuality, offensive language, and drug use .
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers , offensive language and unsuited to age group .
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause , explicit sexuality and unsuited to age group .
Information gleaned from the American Library Association website:
Banned Books Week section.