Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
A collection of tales about humans making it to Mars and being pretty disappointed for the most part.
Banned
1982 - Florida - Challenged at Haines City High School for profanity and using God's name in vain
1987 - North Carolina - Challenged as supplemental reading at Newton-Conover due to profanity
1993 - Tennessee - Challenged at Gatlinburg-Pittman High School due to profanity
1998 - New Jersey - Herbert Hoover Middle School in Edison pulled and replaced the book with an abridged version that omits the short story "Way Up in the Air" that used racial language.
Sources
Bradbury, Ray. Martian Chronicles. Doubleday and Company, Inc. Garden City, NY, 1946.
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
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