"Let Freedom Read": A list to mark Banned Books Week, from MultcolibLike this list

22 items

• Gender Queer

  a Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia,

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  Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.

• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-

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  Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Bluest Eye

  a Novel

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019,

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  Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and depicts child sexual abuse

• Flamer

  Curato, Mike,

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  LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Looking for Alaska

  Green, John, 1977-

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  LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen,

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  Challenged for depiction of sexual abuse, LGBTQIA+ content, drug use, profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Lawn Boy

  a Novel

  Evison, Jonathan,

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  Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Challenged for profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Out of Darkness

  Pérez, Ashley Hope,

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  Challenged for depictions of abuse, claimed to be sexually explicit

• A Court of Mist and Fury

  Maas, Sarah J.,

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  Challenge: claimed to be sexually explicit

• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  a Novel

  Andrews, Jesse,

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  Challenged for profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Crank

  Hopkins, Ellen,

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  Challenged for drug use, claimed to be sexually explicit

• This Book Is Gay

  Dawson, Juno,

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  Challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, providing sexual education, claimed to be sexually explicit

• To Kill a Mockingbird

  Lee, Harper

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  Banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experience

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie,

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  Reasons: Challenged for profanity, and it was thought to promote an anti-police message

• Speak

  Anderson, Laurie Halse

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  Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint and it was claimed to be biased against male students, and for the novel’s inclusion of rape and profanity

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Reasons: Banned and challenged because of author’s public statements, and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents” and does not encompass racism against all people

• All American Boys

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, drug use, and alcoholism, and because it was thought to promote anti-police views, contain divisive topics, and be “too much of a sensitive matter right now”

• Something Happened in Our Town

  a Child's Story About Racial Injustice

  Celano, Marianne,

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  Reasons: Challenged for “divisive language” and because it was thought to promote anti-police views

• Of Mice and Men

  Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968

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  Reasons: Banned and challenged for racial slurs and racist stereotypes, and their negative effect on students