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George
Alex Gino - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback
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When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY... |
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Challenged, banned, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community.”
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racism--and antiracism--in AmericaThis is NOT a history book.This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.A book about race. The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep... |
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Banned and challenged because of the author’s public statements and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents” and does not encompass racism against all people.
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All American Boys
Jason and Kiely Brendan Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Paperback
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A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Childrens Literature. In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens - one black, one white - grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their... |
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Banned and challenged for profanity, drug use, and alcoholism and because it was thought to promote antipolice views, contain divisive topics, and be “too much of a sensitive matter right now.”
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Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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Freshman year at Merryweather High is not going well for Melinda Sordino. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, and now her friends - and even strangers - all hate her. So she stops trying, stops talking. She retreats into her head, and all the lies and hypocrisies of high... |
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Banned, challenged, and restricted because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint, it was claimed to be biased against male students, and it included rape and profanity.
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie - Little, Brown and Co.
Format: Paperback
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Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other... |
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Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and allegations of sexual misconduct on the part of the author.
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Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice
Marianne Celano - Magination Press
Format: Hardcover
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Something Happened in Our Town describes a traumatic event - a police shooting - from the perspective of a White family and an African American family. This story models productive conversations around racial-ethnic socialization and social-emotional learning, and provides an excellent... |
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Challenged for “divisive language” and because it was thought to promote antipolice views.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee - Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Format: Paperback
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Harper Lee's Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatredOne of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more... |
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Banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experience.
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Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck - Penguin Books; 1ST edition
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of lonelinss and alienation.Laborers in California's dusty vegetable... |
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Banned and challenged for racial slurs and racist stereotypes and their negative effect on students.
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The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison - Vintage International
Format: Paperback
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Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows... |
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Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and depicts child sexual abuse.
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The Hate U Give
A C THOMAS - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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8 starred reviews William C. Morris Award Winner National Book Award Longlist Printz Honor Book Coretta Scott King Honor Book #1 New York Times Bestseller!"Absolutely riveting!" - Jason Reynolds"Stunning." - John Green"This story is necessary. This story... |
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Challenged for profanity, and because it was thought to promote an antipolice message.
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