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Banned BooksPeople try to ban books under the oddest pretexts — complaints ranging from "references to stuffing and snapping bras," being "happily nonphallocentric" or "presenting homosexuality in a non-judgmental context" (yup!). Our section below includes books frequently banned and challenged over the last two decades. For some of the stories behind this year's banned and challenged books please visit the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) website.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Publisher Comments Slaughterhous-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market 
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Publisher Comments Privileged young narrator Amir comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy in Afghanistan, then must endure revolution, invasion and a country's long struggle to triumph over violent forces.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson Publisher Comments When the stewardess brought me off the plane in a wheelchair, I lowered my head. I was too scared to even look at my father. I didn't want to see the disappointment and horror on his face. All that hate I had accumulated for him over the years, all the... (read more) List Price $32.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Publisher Comments Last night while I lay thinking here Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear And pranced and partied all night long And sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I flunk that test? Whatif green hair grows on my chest? Whatif nobody likes me? Whatif a bolt of... (read more) Your price: $18.99 New - Hardcover
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The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice as A. N. Roquelaure Publisher Comments From bestselling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure. In the traditional folktale of 'Sleeping Beauty, ' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story,... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson Publisher Comments In the zoo there are all kinds of animal families. But Tango's family is not like any of the others.... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver Publisher Comments "Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hot Zone by Richard Preston Publisher Comments "Popular science writing at its best and the years most infectious page-turner" (People), this two-million-copy bestseller is "a top-drawer horror story...the best literary roller coaster of the fall" (Newsweek).... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Carrie by Stephen King Publisher Comments A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Gossip Girl Novels #06: You're the One That I Want by Cecily Von Ziegesar Publisher Comments Everyone's back from a week of fun in Simi Valley and envelopes from the Ivy League are beginning to drop all over Fifth Avenue doorsteps. Consumed with getting into the school of their choice, everyone is forgetting one important question: will everyone... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor Publisher Comments Facing a year of night riders and burnings, Cassie and her family continue their struggle to keep their land and hold onto what rightfully belongs to them, despite the difficult battles they must continue to endure.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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