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The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

May 07, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book, Chapter Book

A young girl in Holland spends two years in an upstairs room hiding from Nazis during World War II.

Banned

1993 - Indiana - Liberty Elementary School removed the item from required reading list for fourth graders after an investigation about profanity.

1996 - Maine - Challenged for profanity in Sanford as a sixth-grade assigned reading.

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Reiss, Johanna. The Upstairs Room. HarperTrophy. New York, 1972.


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May 07, 2019 /Banned Library
Upstairs Room, Johanna Reiss, Indiana, Maine, profanity
YA Book, Chapter Book
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