
The book was later reinstated in the curriculum when the board learned that the vote was illegal because they needed a two-thirds vote for removal of the text. Challenged as an assignment in an American literature class in Pittsgrove, NJ (1977).Removed from the Issaquah, WA optional High School reading list (1978).Īfter months of controversy, the board ruled that the novel could be read in the Advanced Placement class, but they gave parents the right to decide whether or not their children would read it.Removed from the required reading list in Middleville, MI (1979).Removed from the Jackson Milton school libraries in North Jackson, OH (1980).

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