Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre
Challenged for: fear of endangering faith and morality
Nomaan's pick
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Challenged for: offensive language, violence, and claims that it related to occult/satanism
Gavin's pick
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Challenged for: violence, sexual content, infanticide, euthanasia, suicide, mature themes
Alyssa's pick
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Challenged for: offensive to migrants, obscene language, general themes
Tim's pick
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Challenged for: profanity, "vulgarity and sexual overtones"
Bethany's pick
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Challenged for: magic and witchcraft, containing actual curses and spells, characters that use "nefarious means" to attain goals, occult/Satanism, violence, anti-family, religious viewpoint
Carrie's pick
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Challenged for: religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, anti-ethnic, anti-family, insensitivity, offensive language, occult/satanic, violence, sexually explicit
Mackenzie's pick
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Challenged for: anti-family, drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group, nudity
Additional reasons: "date rape and masturbation"
Andrea's pick
Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut
Challenged for: references to religious matters, violence, obscene language, and explicit sexual scenes
Aubrey's pick
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Challenged for: inappropriate punishment of a child, too dark and frightening, supernatural themes,
images of witchcraft
Deb's pick