Cooney published her first book "Safe as the Grave" in 1979. She is an award winning American author of suspense, romance, horror, and mystery books for young adults. Many of her books were challenged for different reasons but her book the Face on the Milk Carton was challenged for sexual content and challenge of authority. Her books were mainly targeted in Texas.
According to bannedbooks.com, in a list of banned books for texas, Caroline B. Cooney's the Face on the Milk Carton was banned for Sexual content and challenge of authority. Only one school challenged this book and it was only for references to sex and very little challenge of authority. This shows that all the other schools in America were able to catch the fantastic lesson of the Face on the Milk Carton and did not ban the book for scenes that took place about three times in the book.
According to bannedbooks.com, in a list of banned books for texas, Caroline B. Cooney's the Face on the Milk Carton was banned for Sexual content and challenge of authority. Only one school challenged this book and it was only for references to sex and very little challenge of authority. This shows that all the other schools in America were able to catch the fantastic lesson of the Face on the Milk Carton and did not ban the book for scenes that took place about three times in the book.