Don't Say That Word!
Don't Become a Witch!
Not the "S" Word!
Just...Don't.
No Beating on Each Other!
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This is a classic book by Roald Dahl involving a piece of fruit ...and it was also banned for using the word that is also used for a donkey.
What is James and Giant Peach?
100
This popular book and movie series tops the list of banned books for promoting witchcraft and wizardry.
What is Harry Potter?
100
This is a touching true story about a girl trying to survive the Holocaust...and it has also been challenged for anatomical descriptions in the book.
What is The Diary of Anne Frank?
100
A lot of you may have read this series about a precocious girl who gets into trouble at home and at school...and also gets challenged for using bad grammar.
What is Junie B. Jones?
100
This series' appearance won't surprise you. When kids are put into an arena to kill each other, people often object.
What is The Hunger Games?
200
This series about a group of teenagers at a private school on the Upper East Side was made into a popular TV series...and it was also challenged for offensive language.
What is Gossip Girl?
200
This classic book (also a movie) is about two friends who create a secret kingdom in the woods...which some adults believed promoted a belief in the supernatural.
What is Bridge to Terabithia?
200
Even though it's not in the MS library, most of you know this book about two teens with cancer...and can probably guess why it has been banned.
What is A Fault in our Stars?
200
This goofy series about two boys who turn their principal into an even goofier comic book character has been challenged for bad grammar.
What is Captain Underpants?
200
This is a scary series by R.L. Stine that you might have read in lower school...and it's a little too scary for some.
What is Goosebumps?
300
You might not be able to remember where there was offensive language in this book, but this story about Meg and Charles Wallace Murry has been challenged for it.
What is A Wrinkle in Time?
300
It won't surprise you to learn that this series has been banned for promoting mythology.
What is Percy Jackson and the Olympians?
300
It won't surprise you to find out this popular book and TV series about Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen has been banned for its rather racy content.
What is Gossip Girl?
300
This classic was considered by some to be too scary for kids...which might be true since it's about a boy who goes on adventures with six large insects.
What is James and the Giant Peach?
300
It's not just newer books that get banned. This collection of fairy tales, in their original versions, is chock-full of images that could be disturbing to some.
What is Grimm's Fairy Tales?
400
This series by Suzanne Collins is a hit movie franchise...and it was challenged for offensive language.
What is The Hunger Games?
400
This series has been challenged because vampires can encourage a belief in magic.
What is the Twilight series?
400
This will probably shock you. This collection of definitions has been banned for including blush-worthy words in it.
What is the dictionary?
400
You might be surprised to see this one on the list. This well-known collection of hilarious poems and drawings was challenged for undermining parental, school, and religious authority.
What is Where the Sidewalk Ends?
400
No surprise that this series is on the list. Vampires inherently involve bloodshed.
What is Twilight?
500
Some might say that this popular series by Dav Pilkey, featuring two boys who have created an odd superhero, has an offensive word in the title.
What is Captain Underpants?
500
The heroine in this book succeeds when she realizes that the one thing she has that IT doesn't have is love...and the book has also been banned for referring to witches and crystal balls.
What is A Wrinkle in Time?
500
This series pops up a lot in this game! Some adults feel this romance between a mortal and a vampire is too romantic for young people.
What is Twilight?
500
This classic by Mark Twain about a boy and a slave has been famously banned since its publication for extensive use of the "n" word.
What is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
500
By the time you get to the end of this series, parents have been killed by a curse, a teacher is killed by a snake, and multiple students have died.
What is Harry Potter?
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