So I was looking more into the usage of profanity in Alexie's writing and cam across this article about a school in Chicago trying to ban his books.
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-subtext/2009/06/proposed-sherman-alexie-book-ban-in-chicago-suburban-high-school-updated/
This caused me to look more into the banning of books in high schools. The list that I found of books that have been challenged have a decent chunk of books that we have read here.
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censorship/bannedbooksthatshapedamerica
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