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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

Lawn Boy book cover - by Jonathan Evison

#7 - Lawn Boy

Reasons:

LGBTQIA+ content
considered to be sexually explicit

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian book cover - by Alexie Sherman

#8 - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Reasons:

claimed to be sexually explicit
profanity

Out of Darkness book cover - by Asley Hope Pérez

#9 - Out of Darkness

Reasons:

claimed to be sexually explicit

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl book cover - by Jesse Andrews

#10 (Tie) - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Reasons banned and challenged:

claimed to be sexually explicit
profanity

This Book is Gay book cover - by Juno Dawson

#10 (Tie) -This Book Is Gay

Reasons:

providing sexual education
LGBTQIA+ content
claimed to be sexually explicit

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