Top ten most frequently challenged books of 2003
Out of 458 challenges reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom
- Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Reasons: sexual content, using offensive language, and being unsuited to age group - Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
Reasons: occult/satanism - Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
Reason: offensive language - Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, by Michael Bellesiles
Reason: inaccuracy - Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
Reason: racism, sexual content, offensive language, drugs, and violence - Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
Reason: drugs - It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
Reason: homosexuality, nudity, sexual content, and sex education - We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
Reason: offensive language and sexual content - King & King, by Linda de Haan
Reason: homosexuality - Bridge to Terebithia, by Katherine Paterson
Reason: occult/satanism and offensive language