Banned Books 2013: ‘Captain Underpants’, ‘Fifty Shades’ Make List Of Most Challenged | Huffington Post Books

See article source: ALA’s State of America’s Libraries Report 2013, specifically, the Intellectual Freedom section from the report.

The OIF’s [ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom] Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books in 2012:

• Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey (offensive language, unsuited for age group)
• “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” by Sherman Alexie (offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group)
• “Thirteen Reasons Why,” by Jay Asher (drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group)
• “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E. L. James (offensive language, sexually explicit)
• “And Tango Makes Three,” by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell (homosexuality, unsuited for age group)
• “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini (homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit)
• “Looking for Alaska,” by John Green (offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group)
• Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz (unsuited for age group, violence)
• “The Glass Castle,” by Jeannette Walls (offensive language, sexually explicit)
• “Beloved,” by Toni Morrison (sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence)