BANNED BOOK WEEK BOOK LIST
Learn about book banning and what books were challenged and banned most over the past several years.
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PENN HILLS LIBRARY<br />
presents
"A challenge is an<br />
attempt to remove or<br />
restrict materials, based<br />
upon the objections of a<br />
person or group. A<br />
banning is the removal<br />
of those materials."<br />
("Banned Books FAQ")
"Censorship is the suppression of<br />
ideas and information that some<br />
individuals, groups, or government<br />
officials find objectionable or<br />
dangerous." ("First Ammendment<br />
and Censorship)<br />
"Intellectual freedom is the right of<br />
every individual to both seek and<br />
receive information from all points of<br />
view without restriction."<br />
("Intellectual Freedom and<br />
Censorship Q & A")
The following book list is<br />
compiled of books that have<br />
been banned or challenged most<br />
often over the past five years. It<br />
is organzied into Adult, Young<br />
Adult, and Children's so that<br />
readers of all ages can find a<br />
book to enjoy!<br />
<br />
Please search content warnings<br />
for books if you have any<br />
particular content which you are<br />
sensitive too. The website Story<br />
Graph has content warnings<br />
listed for all of its books!
Adult<br />
Gender Queer by Maia<br />
Kobabe<br />
nonfiction graphic novel<br />
lgbtqia+ memoir emotional<br />
informative reflective fastpaced<br />
The Bluest Eye by Toni<br />
Morrison<br />
fiction historical literary<br />
dark emotional sad<br />
medium-paced<br />
To Kill a Mockingbird by<br />
Harper Lee<br />
fiction classics historical<br />
emotional reflective<br />
medium-paced
Adult<br />
Of Mice and Men by John<br />
Steinbeck<br />
fiction classics literary<br />
dark emotional sad<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Handmaid’s Tale by<br />
Margaret Atwood<br />
fiction classics dystopian<br />
literary dark reflective tense<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Kite Runner by<br />
Khaled Hosseini<br />
fiction classics contemporary<br />
historical literary dark<br />
emotional sad medium-paced
Young Adult<br />
Lawn Boy by Jonathan<br />
Evision<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
young adult funny<br />
medium-paced<br />
All Boys Aren’t Blue by<br />
George M. Johnson<br />
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir<br />
race young adult emotional<br />
inspiring reflective mediumpaced<br />
Out of Darkness by<br />
Ashley Hope Perez<br />
fiction historical young<br />
adult emotional reflective<br />
sad slow-paced
Young Adult<br />
The Hate U Give by Angie<br />
Thomas<br />
fiction contemporary young<br />
adult emotional inspiring<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
The Absolutely True Diary of a<br />
Part-Time Indian by Sherman<br />
Alexie<br />
<br />
fiction contemporary young<br />
adult emotional funny reflective<br />
fast-paced<br />
Me and Earl and the Dying<br />
Girl by Jesse Andrews<br />
<br />
fiction contemporary young<br />
adult emotional funny<br />
medium-paced
Young Adult<br />
Beyond Magenta: Transgender<br />
Teens Speak Out by Susan<br />
Kuklin<br />
nonfiction biography gender<br />
lgbtqia+ emotional informative<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
This Book is Gay by Juno<br />
Dawson<br />
nonfiction lgbtqia+<br />
funny informative<br />
medium-paced<br />
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism,<br />
and You by Ibram X. Kendi and<br />
Jason Reynolds<br />
nonfiction history politics race<br />
young adult challenging<br />
informative reflective fast-paced
Young Adult<br />
All American Boys by<br />
Jason Reynolds and<br />
Brendan Kiely<br />
fiction contemporary young<br />
adult challenging emotional<br />
reflective fast-paced<br />
Speak by Laurie Halse<br />
Anderson<br />
fiction contemporary<br />
young adult dark emotional<br />
sad medium-paced<br />
Drama written and illustrated<br />
by Raina Telgemeir<br />
fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+<br />
young adult lighthearted fastpaced
Young Adult<br />
Two Boys Kissing by<br />
David Levithan<br />
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+<br />
young adult emotional<br />
reflective slow-paced<br />
Thirteen Reasons Why by<br />
Jay Asher<br />
fiction contemporary mystery<br />
young adult emotional<br />
reflective fast-paced<br />
This One Summer by Mariko<br />
Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian<br />
Tamaki<br />
fiction contemporary graphic<br />
novel young adult emotional<br />
reflective fast-paced
children's<br />
Melissa by Alex Gino<br />
(previously published with<br />
title George)<br />
<br />
fiction lgbtqia+ middle grade<br />
emotional hopeful inspiring<br />
fast-paced<br />
A Day in the Life of Marlon<br />
Bundo by Jill Twiss, illustrated<br />
by EG Keller<br />
fiction childrens lgbtqia+<br />
funny lighthearted mediumpaced<br />
Sex is a Funny Word by Cory<br />
Silverberg, illustrated by Fiona<br />
Smyth<br />
nonfiction childrens health<br />
adventurous lighthearted<br />
medium-paced
children's<br />
Prince and Knight by Daniel<br />
Haack, illustrated by Stevie<br />
Lewis<br />
fiction childrens lgbtqia+<br />
adventurous lighthearted fastpaced<br />
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel<br />
and Jazz Jennings, illustrated<br />
by Shelagh McNicholas<br />
nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+<br />
challenging emotional<br />
reflective slow-paced<br />
And Tango Makes Three by Peter<br />
Parnell and Justin Richardson,<br />
illustrated by Henry Cole<br />
<br />
nonfiction childrens<br />
lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted<br />
medium-paced
children's<br />
Captain Underpants series<br />
written and illustrated by<br />
Dav Pilkey<br />
<br />
fiction childrens adventurous<br />
lighthearted medium-paced<br />
This Day in June by Gayle E.<br />
Pitman, illustrated by Kristyna<br />
Litten<br />
nonfiction childrens<br />
lgbtqia+ informative<br />
lighthearted medium-paced<br />
Skippyjon Jones series written<br />
and illustrated by Judy<br />
Schachner<br />
fiction childrens<br />
adventurous funny<br />
lighthearted medium-paced
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Works Referenced<br />
"Banned Book FAQ", American Library<br />
Association, October 25, 2016.<br />
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooks-qa<br />
(Accessed September 7, 2022)<br />
"Banned Books Week Q&A", American Library<br />
Association, August 31, 2015.<br />
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedbooks<br />
week/ideasandresources/colleaguesqanda<br />
(Accessed September 7, 2022)<br />
"First Amendment and Censorship", American<br />
Library Association, June 13, 2008.<br />
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/censorship<br />
(Accessed September 7, 2022)<br />
"Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A",<br />
American Library Association, May 29, 2007.<br />
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/censorship<br />
/faq (Accessed September 7, 2022)
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