Question: what was controversial about catcher in the rye?
Answer: Censorship and use in schools Between 1961 and 1982, The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States. The book was banned in the Issaquah, Washington high schools in 1978 as being part of an "overall communist plot". ... They are trying to be catchers in the rye."