The
novel version of "Flowers for Algernon" was
banned in the following places:
Plant City,
Florida -
1976
Emporium,
Pennsylvania -
1977
Glen Rose High School library,
Arkansas -
1981
Glenrock, High School,
Wyoming -
1984
It was challenged by
Oberlin High School, Ohio -
1983
& challenged by schools in
Yorktown,
Virginia -
1996
Some reasons stated for banning it were that it contains
profanity, "
explicit,
distasteful love scenes," references to "
sex and
drinking,"