The Tall Man From Boston by Marion L. Starkey (+133.4 STA)
Set in 1692 in Salem, John Alden is accused of being a witch simply because he was "a tall man from Boston." This book was challenged at the Sikes Elementary School media center in Lakeland, FL, in 1985 because it contradicts the teachings of the Bible.
School Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap by Peggy Orenstein (305.235 ORE)
In 1990, the American Association of University Women conducted a poll about the low self-esteem young girls have once they reach adolescence. This is the conclusion from that study. Challenged in 1996 at the Courtland, Ohio, High School because of bad language.
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago (974.7 SAN)
A true story about Santiago's life in Puerto Rico with 10 brothers and sisters - a harsh life with a battle between the sexes and poverty. It was challenged in 2001 in the Newark, California, Unified School District because of sexually explicit language and in 2002 in the Fairfax County, Virginia, elementary and secondary school libraries because of profanity.
The source for this information is Banned Books by Robert P. Doyle
(025.213 DOY).
c Waterloo Public Library 2007
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