Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda
Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit
Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.
Banned and challenged because of author’s public statements, and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents” and does not encompass racism against all people
Challenged and vandalized for LGBTQIA+ content and political viewpoints, for concerns that it is “designed to pollute the morals of its readers,” and for not including a content warning
Requesting that your library purchase challenged and banned books (as well as checking them out!) is a great way to support books and authors being targeted. Libraries are able to make strong cases for the presence of books on their shelves when there have been requests from the community and the books are regularly checked out.
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