S.E. Hintonās 1967 novel The Outsiders has frequently appeared on lists of banned books because of its depictions of gang violence, alcohol and drug use, smoking, and family dysfunction and its charactersā use of profanity. Between 1990 and 1999 the novel was among the top 100 most frequently challenged books in U.S. schools and libraries.
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