In the 21st century, a number of books and pieces of literature are still challenged and censored on a regular basis.
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1. The books in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling were the most challenged ones from 2000–2009.
2. From 2000–2009, the biggest reasons books were banned was because they were "sexually explicit" and had "offensive language."
3. In June, John Green's Paper Towns was challenged and taken off of library shelves in a Florida middle school.
4. Lawrence Ferlinghetti was arrested and went to trial as the publisher of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" because the poem features "homosexual acts." Ferlinghetti ultimately won the case.
5. A community in Arkansas voted to put restrictions on Harry Potter books in the Cedarville School District but was overturned in 2003 by federal courts.
6. Last year, Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell was challenged by a Minnesota school board because of the author's "profanity" and "sexual content."
7. Seven books were successfully banned from the Highland Park Independent School District in Texas a couple of weeks ago: Song of Solomon, An Abundance of Katherines, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Siddhartha, The Working Poor: Invisible in America, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and The Glass Castle: A Memoir.
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