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Department of Health and Social Services Library

Banned Books Week 2024 Schedule

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

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

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons:
claimed to be sexually explicit, LGBTQIA+ content, sexual assault, drugs, profanity

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

THE BLUEST EYE by Toni Morrison
Reasons: sexual assault, incest, claimed to be sexually explicit, EDI content

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

TRICKS by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: claimed to be sexually explicit, drugs, sexual assault, LGBTQIA+ content

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: THE TEEN'S GUIDE TO SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, AND BEING A HUMAN by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan
Reasons: claimed to be sexually explicit, sex education, LGBTQIA+ content

Note: Please watch as much of this video as you'd like. You do NOT need to watch the entire video.

SOLD by Patricia McCormick
Reasons: claimed to be sexually explicit, sexual assault

Banned Book Selfies

Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023