Which 1954 novel by William Golding was banned in some schools for its violence and language?

The 1954 novel by William Golding banned in some schools for its violence and language is Lord of the Flies.

Golding's first novel strands a group of English schoolboys on an uninhabited tropical island after a plane crash. Their attempt to govern themselves gradually collapses into fear, tribal conflict, and violence. The novel's central idea is that savagery is not an outside force but a possibility within ordinary people when social restraints disappear.

Lord of the Flies has frequently been challenged or restricted in schools because of its violent scenes, profanity, disturbing imagery, and bleak treatment of human nature. Objections have also focused on the book's references to death and its unsuitability for younger students. These actions have generally been local school or library decisions, not a universal prohibition.

The title is sometimes confused with The Coral Island, the optimistic nineteenth-century adventure story that Golding deliberately echoes and darkens. Pincher Martin and The Inheritors are also Golding novels, but neither is the standard answer here.