Banned/Challenged Book: A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age story that takes place in a New England boarding school during WWII.  The story follows quiet Gene and his best friend, outgoing, popular Phineas, through their senior year.  The boys find themselves growing apart not only due to the differences in their personalities, but because of the ongoing war.  







Over the years the book has been challenged numerous times: 

1980 - New York:  Vernon-Verona-Sherill school district (“filthy, trashy sex novel")
1985 - Pennsylvania (language/profanity)
1989 - Tennessee  (language/profanity)
1991 - Illinois (language/profanity and "negative attitudes")
1996 - North Carolina (language/profanity)


If you can handle some language/profanity, give A Separate Peace a try.  It's not a lighthearted read, but it's a good read.