2006 – Challenged for sexual content, offensive language and being unsuited to age group.2009 – Challenged in the Big Sky high School in Missoula, Montana.2010 – Challenged and or banned for offensive language, being sexually explicit and unsuited to age group.Here’s a breakdown of just the current dacade alone: It was one of the 10 most challenged books in 2005. In 1981, it was both the most censored book and the second most taught book in public schools in the United States.Īccording to the American Library Association, The Catcher in the Rye was the 13th most frequently challenged book from 1990–2000.
He was later reinstated after winning his appeal.īetween 19, The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States. In 1960, school administrators at a high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, fired an English teacher for assigning the book to an 11th-grade class. The book- which explores three days in the life of a troubled 16-year-old boy- has been a “favorite of censors” ever since its publication.
Salinger‘s novel rocketed to Number 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. Within two weeks of its 1951 release, J.D.
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