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Censorship. Who would ever think that novels such as Of Mice and Men, The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Where's Waldo, and The Lorax would be banned from schools? Well prepare for the future. As of 2008 the Online Book Page Website and the ALA (American Library Association) recorded over 30,000 books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts for grades K-12. 30,000. Its not just a number, it's a rapidly growing movement that will continue unless it is stopped. Most frequently books are challenged or censored based on profanity, violence, sex, homosexuality, witch craft, new age philosophies, portrayals of rebellious children, or racist and sexist language. The Savannah Morning News reported in November of 1999 that a teacher at the Windsor Forest High School required seniors to obtain permission slips before they could read Hamlet, Macbeth, or King Lear. The teacher's school board had pulled the books from class reading lists, citing......

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