5 Controversial Books Banned in the USA

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

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1984 by George Orwell

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Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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