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Banned Books Quizzes

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Banned Books Trailers

GENDER QUEER by Maia Kobabe
Reasons: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE by George M. Johnson
Reasons: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

THE BLUEST EYE by Toni Morrison
Reasons: depiction of sexual abuse, EDI (equality, diversity, inclusion) content,
claimed to be sexually explicit

FLAMER by Mike Curato
Reasons: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

LOOKING FOR ALASKA by John Green
Reasons: Claimed to be sexually explicit, LGBTQIA+ content

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: D
epiction of sexual abuse, LGBTQIA+ content, drug use, profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

LAWN BOY by Johnathan Evison
Reasons: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

 

THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Claimed to be sexually explicit, profanity

OUT OF DARKNESS by Ashley Hope Pérez
Reasons: Depictions of abuse, claimed to be sexually explicit

 

A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas
Reasons: Claimed to be sexually explicit

 

CRANK by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: Claimed to be sexually explicit, drugs

ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL 
by Jesse Andrews
Reasons: Claimed to be sexually explicit, profanity

THIS BOOK IS GAY by Juno Dawson
Reasons: LGBTQIA+ content, sex education, claimed to be sexually explicit

Banned Book Selfies

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