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- 1. Children’s book of rhymes and illustrations, I Saw ___, challenged in Murfreesboro for being “absolutely offensive”
- 3. People were unhappy about the book's politics
- 5. Popular book series by Dav Pilkey, challenged for its “anti-family content,” Captain ___
- 9. #1 challenged book in 2018
- 10. Maya ___, poet and author of one of the most frequently challenged books in high schools, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
- 11. Last name of the wizard whose adventures made for the most challenged books of 2000-2009
- 12. Author Sawyer Finn's adventures
- 14. Banned Book Week Facilitator
- 16. The organization working tirelessly to protect your right to read, the American Civil ___ Union
- 18. Why "Catcher in the Rye" is challenged
- 19. Most challenged book of 2021 (two words)
- 21. The name of the narrator and protagonist of "To Kill A Mockingbird"
- 22. Where most challenges take place (two words)
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- 2. Young adult novel Looking for ___, banned in Knox County for sexual content
- 4. The number of shades of grey in a book frequently challenged for its sexual content
- 6. Top challenge initiator
- 7. Month of Banned Book Week
- 8. Offended forestry workers
- 10. Book banned at one time in the U.S. for containing communist material, even though it’s a satire on communism (two words)
- 13. Popular challenged series of vampire books by Stephanie Meyer
- 15. Anne Frank's "too depressing" real-life account of World War II
- 17. "Beloved" author
- 20. The first word in the title of a banned novel about a futuristic society in which books are banned
