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Thomas Main
Banned Books Week 2022
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021
Gender Queer: a Memoir
by
Maia Kobabe
Call Number: 92 K748ko
ISBN: 9781549304002
Publication Date: 2019-05-28
Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images
Lawn Boy
by
Jonathan Evison
Call Number: Fic E939La
ISBN: 9781616202620
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
All Boys Aren't Blue
by
George M. Johnson
Call Number: 92 J6665jo
ISBN: 9780374312718
Publication Date: 2020-04-28
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
Out of Darkness
by
Ashley Hope Pérez
Call Number: Fic P4375ou
ISBN: 9781467742023
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
The Hate U Give
by
Angie Thomas; Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)
Call Number: Fic T454ha
ISBN: 9780062498533
Publication Date: 2017-02-28
Reasons: Banned and challenged for 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
by
Sherman Alexie
Call Number: Fic A384ab
ISBN: 9780316013697
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references and use of a derogatory term
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
by
Jesse Andrews
Call Number: Fic A5669me
ISBN: 9781419701764
Publication Date: 2012-03-01
Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women
The Bluest Eye
by
Toni Morrison
Call Number: PS3563.O8749 B55 2000
ISBN: 0375411550
Publication Date: 1993-12-28
Reasons: Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit
This Book Is Gay
by
James Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)
Call Number: 306.766 D272th
ISBN: 9781492617822
Publication Date: 2015-06-16
Reasons: Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content.
Beyond Magenta
by
Susan Kuklin
Call Number: 306.768 K96be
ISBN: 9780763656119
Publication Date: 2014-02-11
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.
Censorship by the Numbers
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Librarian
Thomas Main