His school, Christ's Hospital, had banned books in English about the classics, which were privileged territory, not for the masses.

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His book, In the Night Kitchen, which features a boy named Mickey running naked, is among the most frequently banned books at schools and libraries.

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Seventy to eighty percent of challenged and banned books are never reported, according to the ALA. More than 11, 000 books have been challenged since 1982.

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It's hard to remember that in the early 1930s libraries banned these books as tawdry and sensationalist distractions from real literature.

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His books were banned in China until 1984, and even in Taiwan until 1979.

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Secular books were banned on Robben Island, where Mr Mandela and his colleagues were held, but this volume slipped through, disguised as a religious text.

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Dozens of books are officially banned, and the prosecution of authors charged with assaulting Islam has become common.

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Several other books have been banned in recent years in Chile.

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