The American Library Association sponsors Baned Books Week every year to highlight censorship around our country. From The Answer Sheet : "More than 11,300 books have been challenged in libraries and schools since 1982, when Banned Books Week began. The 10 most challenged books in 2012 were: Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian , by Sherman Alexie Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group Thirteen Reasons Why , by Jay Asher Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group Fifty Shades of Grey , by E. L. James. Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit And Tango Makes Three , by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson. Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group The Kite Runner , by Khaled Hosseini. Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually ex...