Published in 1994, Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, became an instant bestseller and also won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. In 1999 it was adapted into a filmthat was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In 2007 it became a stage play by Kevin McKeon, and also received its world premiere at Seattle’s Book-it Repertory Theatre that same year.

The book has been frequently challenged, banned, or restricted in several school systems in the United States and Canada for profanity and sexual content; the American Library Association’s list of most-challenged books of 2000-2009 ranked it at #33.

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