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16 items

• Gender Queer

  a Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia,

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  Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-

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  Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Bluest Eye

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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  Challenged for: depiction of sexual abuse, EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Flamer

  Curato, Mike,

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  Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Looking for Alaska

  Green, John, 1977-

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  Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen

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  Challenged for: depiction of sexual abuse, LGBTQIA+ content, drug use, profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Lawn Boy

  Evison, Jonathan,

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  Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

  Alexie, Sherman, 1966-

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  Challenged for: profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Out of Darkness

  Pérez, Ashley Hope,

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  Challenged for: depictions of abuse, claimed to be sexually explicit

• A Court of Mist and Fury

  Maas, Sarah J.

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  Challenged for: claimed to be sexually explicit

• This Book Is Gay

  Dawson, Juno (Young adult fiction writer),

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  Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, providing sexual education, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Crank

  Hopkins, Ellen

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  Challenged for: drug use, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Hate U Give

  Thomas, Angie,

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  Challenged for: profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda

• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  a Novel

  Andrews, Jesse

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  Challenged for: profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

• Beyond Magenta

  Transgender Teens Speak Out

  Kuklin, Susan,

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  Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

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