Banned Books Bonanza Crossword

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