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Where's a website I could find a list of banned books from school?

I know Captain Underpants, Harry Potter and Catcher in The Rye were banned in some schools because of crude humor, nightmares, violence, drugs, achol hol and swearing. Captain Underpants= Crude humor, inapropirate humor and violence. Harry Potter = I don't know Catcher in the Rye=Violence, blood, drugs, drinking and swearing. Thank you for answering?

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1. I found this website http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.cfm hopefully with a little research it will lead to an actual list of books. I also found this list of most often challenged books and authors of 2007 The 10 most challenged books of 2007 reflect a range of themes, and are: 1. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group 2. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Violence 3. Olive’s Ocean, by Kevin Henkes Reasons: Sexually Explicit and Offensive Language 4. The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman Reasons: Religious Viewpoint 5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain Reasons: Racism 6. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, 7. TTYL, by Lauren Myracle Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group 8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou Reasons: Sexually Explicit 9. It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris Reasons: Sex Education, Sexually Explicit 10. The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group Off the list this year are two books by author Toni Morrison. The Bluest Eye and Beloved, both challenged for sexual content and offensive language. The most frequently challenged authors of 2007 1. Robert Cormier 2. Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson 3. Mark Twain 4. Toni Morrison 5. Philip Pullman 6. Kevin Henkes 7. Lois Lowry 8. Chris Crutcher 9. Lauren Myracle 10. Joann Sfar I also found this http://www.ila.org/pdf/2008banned.pdf