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Here's the ALA's list of last years most challenged library books (www.ala.org)
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[โ€“] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

  1. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

  2. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

  3. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

  4. Flamer by Mike Curato

  5. (tie) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

  6. (tie) Looking for Alaska by John Green

  7. Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

  8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

  9. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez

  10. (tie) This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson

  11. (tie) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

  12. (tie) Crank by Ellen Hopkins

  13. (tie) A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

[โ€“] gabe 2 points 1 year ago

The Perks of Being a Wallflower was amazing.