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Gallery: History of book controversies

A Lane Tech High School student holds the book, "Persepolis," outside the school at Western Avenue and Addison Street during a protest against the banning by CPS of the book. Although the book was not banned, Chicago Public Schools decided to pull the book from the 7th grade curriculum.

A Lane Tech High School student holds the book, “Persepolis,” outside the school at Western Avenue and Addison Street during a protest against the banning by CPS of the book. Although the book was not banned, Chicago Public Schools decided to pull the book from the 7th grade curriculum.  (Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune)

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Parents, religious groups and school officials have a long history of trying to keep “controversial” books, many considered classics, off shelves here in Chicago and around the country.

'The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank'

A copy of, “The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank” is displayed at the Anne Frank Center USA in New York City. After having previously been banned for sexual content and for being “too depressing,” in May of 2013 a Michigan mother tried to have the book banned because of a passage that references female anatomy.  (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)

'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'

Glen Ellyn School District 41 took “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” off the shelves at Hadley Junior High School after the parents of an 8th grader complained about its sexual content and inappropriate language.  (Quan Truong / Chicago Tribune)

'Lolita'

Russian-born writer Vladimir Nabokov’s sexually-charged novel “Lolita” has made it the 11th-most challenged classic on the Banned Books Week list.   (Horst Tappe / Getty Images)

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