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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.
Literature
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Lord of the Flies by William Golding Publisher Comments William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market 
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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: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Harry Potter #2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2) by J. K. Rowling Synopsis When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been unleashed on the school.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $2.49 Used - Hardcover
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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: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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Cujo by Stephen King Publisher Comments Stephen King puts nerve-tearing teeth into the terror of man's best friend turning into the ultimate beast. With this warning, prepare to meet Cujo, a friendly, playful 200-pound Saint Bernard who chases a rabbit into an underground cavern. When... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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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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America (the Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart From Powells.com Why do we love America so much? For the much-celebrated naked pictures of Supreme Court justices? The flashbacks to those stultifyingly dull high school textbooks? Or can it be that seeing the polished irreverence of the Daily Show writers in book form... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Ttfn (Ttyl) by Lauren Myracle Publisher Comments The bestselling sequel to ttyl Told entirely in instant messages, this sequel to the hugely popular ttyl follows Maddie, Zoe, and Angela through the new flirtations, fixations, and frustrations of eleventh grade. Angela has just found out that her family... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children) by Jean M Auel Publisher Comments This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman. Cruelly cast out by the new leader... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Mass Market
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