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• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie

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  Banned and challenged for its profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda.

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Banned and challenged for its profanity, sexual references, and use of a derogatory term.

• Beyond Magenta

  Transgender Teens Speak Out

  Kuklin, Susan,

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  Banned and challenged for its LGBTQIA+ content and because it is considered to be sexually explicit.

• The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

  Robinson, Shauna

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• All American Boys

  Reynolds, Jason

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  Banned and challenged for its profanity, drug use, alcoholism, and because it was though to promote anti-police views, in addition to being "too much of a sensitive matter right now" in 2020.

• This Book Is Gay

  Dawson, James (Young adult fiction writer)

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  Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content.

• Banned Book Club

  Sook, Kim Hyun,

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• Looking for Alaska

  a Novel

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Banned for its offensive language, being sexually explicit, and for being unsuited towards its intended age group.

• Gender Queer

  a Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia

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  Banned, challenged, and restricted for its LGBTQIA+ content, and because it is considered to have sexually explicit images.

• Drama

  Telgemeier, Raina

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  Challenged for its LGBTQIA+ content and for concerns that it goes against “family values/morals”.

• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  Andrews, Jesse

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  Banned and challenged because it was considered to be sexually explicit and degrading to women.

• The Complete Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane

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  Banned and challenged for its gambling, offensive language, political viewpoint, as well as for its politically, racially, and socially offensive “graphic depictions”.

• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

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

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  One of the most banned books in the United States because of its LGBTQIA+ content and for being sexually explicit.

• Maus I

  Spiegelman, Art

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  Banned and challenged for it's graphically violent imagery.

• Maus II

  Spiegelman, Art

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  Banned and challenged for it's graphically violent imagery.

• Two Boys Kissing

  Levithan, David

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  Challenged because its cover has an image of two boys kissing, and it was considered to include sexually explicit LGBTQIA+ content.

• Crank

  Hopkins, Ellen

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  Banned and challenged in the United States because of drugs, offensive language, and for being sexually explicit.

• This One Summer

  Tamaki, Mariko

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  Banned for its inclusion of LGBTQIA+ characters, drug use, and profanity, plus it was considered sexually explicit with mature themes.

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen

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  Banned for anti-family, drugs, LGBTQIA+, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, suicide, and for being unsuited to its age group.

• Thirteen Reasons Why

  a Novel

  Asher, Jay, 1975-

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  Banned for drugs, alcohol, smoking, sexual explicitness, suicide, and for being unsuited for its age group.