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• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

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

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  Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQ+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.

• Flamer

  Curato, Mike,

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  Reasons: Challenged fr LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit.

• Looking for Alaska

  Green, John, 1977-

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

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen

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

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Reasons: Challenged for profanity, and claimed to be sexually explicit.

• Out of Darkness

  Pérez, Ashley Hope

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  Reasons: Challenged for depictions of abuse and claimed to be sexually explicit.

• Crank

  Hopkins, Ellen

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  Reasons: Challenged for drug use and claimed to be sexually explicit.

• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  a Novel

  Andrews, Jesse

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  Reasons: Challenged for profanity and claimed to be sexually explicit.

• Thirteen Reasons Why

  a Novel

  Asher, Jay, 1975-

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  Reason: Banned and challenged for addressing teen suicide.

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie,

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

• Stamped

  Racism, Antiracism, and You

  Reynolds, Jason,

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

• Beyond Magenta

  Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out

  Kuklin, Susan

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  Reasons: Challenged for LGBTQ+ content and “its effect on any young people who would read it,” and for concerns that it was sexually explicit and biased.

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  Rowling, J. K

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  Reasons: Challenged for LGBTQ+ content and for concerns that it goes against “family values/morals.”