Challenged Authors
This infamous playwright from the Elizabethan Era has had some of his plays caught up in banned books drama, resulting in only excerpts being read in some schools.
Shakespeare
What famous children's book set in London got banned in the early 2000s for wizardry and magic?
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Ms. U has a collection of this author's most famous novel in different languages.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This book series has been made into movies starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Elizabeth Banks.
The Hunger Games
This author’s banned story inspired a trilogy of movies that have a total run time of at least 558 minutes.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Take a trip down the rabbit hole with this book, which has been banned in the U.S. for perceived drug references.
Alice in Wonderland
Author of the graphic novel that administrators in the Chicago Public School system tried to remove from classrooms and libraries in 2013. This graphic novel is also taught at Vistamar.
Marjane Satrapi
What classic novel was challenged in 1981 for being “demoralizing inasmuch as it implies that man is little more than an animal"?
The Lord of the Flies
Who is the author of "The Hate U Give," a book which has been banned for "vulgarity."
Which Dr. Seuss book has been banned due to its portrayal of the logging system?
The Lorax