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Banned Books Initiative

Gender Queer book cover - by Maia Kobabe

#1 - Gender Queer: a Memoir

Reasons:

  • LGBTQIA+ content
  • considered to be sexually explicit

All Boys Aren't Blue book cover - by George M. Johnson

#2 - All Boys Aren't Blue

Reasons:

  • LGBTQIA+ content
  • profanity
  • considered to be sexually explicit

The Bluest Eye book cover - by Toni Morrison

#3 - The Bluest Eye

Reasons:

  • depiction of sexual abuse
  • considered sexually explicit
  • EDI content

#5 (Tie) - Looking for Alaska

Reasons:

  • Claimed to be sexually explicit
  • LGBTQIA+ content

#5 (Tie) - The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Reasons:

  • Claimed to be sexually explicit
  • LGBTQIA+ content
  • depiction of sexual abuse
  • drugs
  • profanity