Which book was the most frequently challenged title in both 2013 and 2012 for being "unsuited for its age group" and "offensive language"?
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) – Jeff Kinney
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Captain Underpants (series) – Dav Pilkey
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Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers (series) – Megan McDonald
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr
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Which novel (part of a series) was the most protested about in 2011 and 2009 for its "offensive language" and "religious viewpoint", and for being "sexually explicit" and "unsuited to age group"?
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ttyl – Lauren Myracle
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Gossip Girl (series) – Cecily Von Ziegesar
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The Breakup Bible – Melissa Kantor
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The Little House on the Prairie – Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Which kids' book has topped the list in four occasions for portraying homosexuality, for its "religious viewpoint" and being "unsuited to its age group"?
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And Tango Makes Three – Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
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Daddy's Roommate – Michael Willhoite
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Heather Has Two Mommies – Lesléa Newman
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Elmer – David McKee
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Can you guess which children's title was at the top in 2008 for tackling the following issues: abortion, homosexuality, nudity, sex education?
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What's Happening to Me? – Alex Firth
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It's Perfectly Normal – Robie H Harris and Michael Emberley
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Luv Ya Bunches – Lauren Myracle
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Frankie's Magic Football – Frank Lampard
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What was the most challenged book ten years ago for the following reasons: "offensive language", "religious viewpoint", "sexually explicit", "unsuited to age group", "violence"?
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
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Running with Scissors – Augusten Burroughs
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Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes
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The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier
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What topped the list in 2003 for including "sexual content", "offensive language" and, again, for being "unsuited to its age group"?
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Forever – Judy Blume
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The Ramona Collection (series) – Beverly Cleary
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Alice (series) – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
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Which book was the most challenged of 2001 and 2002 for being "anti-family", "occult/Satanist" and "violent"?
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Young Wizards (series) – Diane Duane
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Harry Potter (series) – JK Rowling
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His Dark Materials (trilogy) – Philip Pullman
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Winnie the Witch (series) – Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul
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Which book has been in the top five for the past four years for including "drugs/alcohol/smoking", "offensive language", "racism" and "sexually explicit scenes"?
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The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Sherman Alexie
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A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl – Tanya Lee Stone
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen – Alan Garner
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Which book was in the list in 2013, 2011 and 2010 for being "anti-ethnic", "anti-family", "insensitive", "occult/Satanic" and "violent", and having "offensive language"?
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The Hunger Games (series) – Suzanne Collins
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Divergent – Veronica Roth
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Unwind – Neal Shusterman
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit – Judith Kerr
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Which of these timeless classics DOESN'T appear on the ALA's list of banned and challenged classics?
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Bleak House – Charles Dickens
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Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
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Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
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Solutions
1:B, 2:A, 3:A, 4:B, 5:D, 6:C, 7:B, 8:B, 9:A, 10:A
Scores
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0 and above.
No hope for you except to get out the censor's pen and start again
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1 and above.
No hope for you except to get out the censor's pen and start again
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2 and above.
What a shame. It's the red-pen treatment for you
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3 and above.
No hope for you except to get out the censor's pen and start again
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4 and above.
Not terrible, but a bit rusty. Get reading!
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5 and above.
Not terrible, but a bit rusty. Get reading!
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6 and above.
Not terrible, but a bit rusty. Get reading!
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7 and above.
Not bad, but you could surely do better?
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8 and above.
Well done! Your knowledge of banned books is practically perfect.
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9 and above.
Well done! Your knowledge of banned books is practically perfect.
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10 and above.
10 out of 10! Perfect knowledge of books by which people are outraged. Should we be worried?