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Mary Ellen Bolton
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English, Literature, and Language
Commonly Banned Books Available From the Dwight Marvin Library
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by
Maya Angelou
Call Number: PS3551.N464 Z466 2002
ISBN: 0375507892
Publication Date: 1969
Lord of the Flies
by
William Golding
Call Number: PR6013.O35 L6 1997
Publication Date: 1954
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by
Ken kesey
Call Number: PS3561.E667 O5 1963
Publication Date: 1963
To Kill a Mockingbird
by
Harper Lee
Call Number: PS3562.E353 T6 1982
ISBN: 0446310786
Publication Date: 1960
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Commonly Banned Books Available From the Dwight Marvin Library
1984
by
George Orwell
Call Number: PR6029.R8 N49 1984b
ISBN: 9780451524935
Publication Date: 1983
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by
Mark Twain
Call Number: PS1305 .A1 1985
Publication Date: 1884
The Catcher in the Rye
by
J. D. Salinger
Call Number: PS3537.A426 .C3 1979
Publication Date: 1951
The Color Purple
by
Alice Walker
Call Number: PS3573.A425 C6 1992
Publication Date: 1982
The Great Gatsby
by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Call Number: PS3511.I9 G7 1953
Publication Date: 1925
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