While most of the books, like Sarah J. Maas’A Court of Mist and Fury,receive complaints claiming they are sexually explicit, some have been targeted specifically for LGBTQ subject matter, includingGender Queer, George M. Johnson’sAll Boys Aren’t Blue, Mike Curato’sFlamerand others...
The Dead Zonewas ranked 82nd most challenged book (during the period of 1990-1999) in ALA’s banned books list. The novel is about a man named Johnny Smith who falls into a coma for upwards of five years; when he regains consciousness, he has suffered brain damage and gains clairvoyant...
d 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly doubles the 729 book challenges reported...
by nobel prize–winning novelist toni morrison. these are the 10 states with the most books banned or challenged at local levels, as measured by the american library association. next: 10. connecticut 2 / 13 credit getty images | istockphoto view as article 10. connecticut titles challenged:...
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43 Banned Books That Are Still Powerful Today This Book is Gay ByJuno Dawson “Thebook every LGBT person would have killed for as a teenager, told in the voice of a wise best friend,” raves bestselling author Patrick Ness, describing Juno Dawson’s frank and funny nonfiction book that ai...
Riverhead Books, February 1 Heather O’Neill’s historical fiction novel combines two of my favorite topics: destructive female friendships and high society snobs behaving badly. Set in 19th-century Montreal, the narrative centers on Marie Antoine, the daughter of the richest man in the city, and...
Many among the top 50 banned books deal with issues of sexual orientation and gender identity, including this one, which was part of book bans six times in the 2021-2022 school year alone. 38. "Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen," by Jazz Jennings ...
Recommended from Editorial All the books on the list had been banned in previous years, with Atwood’s graphic novel receiving four bans in the 2021-2022 school year, andMilk and Honeyhaving three bans from the previous year. They were among the largest year-over-year increases. Kaur, who ...
In 2010, it seems, it was modern bestsellers - rather than classics from earlier decades - that provoked the most heat. Banned Books Week 2011 is being observed from Sept. 24 - Oct. 1.Driscoll, Molly