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Censorship is so 1984: Teen Banned Books

Banned Books week takes place October 5 - 11, 2025 to celebrate the freedom to read and warn against the dangers of censorship. This list is only a small fraction of the young adult books that have been banned or challenged in other libraries and schools in the country. To find out more, visit the American Library Association's website at ala.org/bbooks/banned

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  • Graphic Novel, 2020[St. Louis, Missouri] : Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC, 2020. — GN KOBABE
  • Book, 2009New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009/08/25 — YA HOPKINS
  • Book, 2004New York : Simon Pulse, 2004. — YA HOPKINS
  • Book, 2015New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015. — YA REYNOLDS 2015
  • Graphic Novel, 2020New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020. — GN CURATO
  • Book, 2008New York : Scholastic Press, 2008. — YA SERIES HUN V.1
  • Book, 2013New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. — YA LEVITHAN
  • Book, 2011New York : Square Fish, 2011. — YA ANDERSON
  • Beyond Magenta

    Transgender Teens Speak Out

    Kuklin, Susan,
    Book, 2014Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014. — YA 306.76 KUK 2014
  • Book, 2017New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017] — YA THOMAS
  • Graphic Novel, 2003New York : Pantheon, [2003] — GN PERSEPOLIS V.1
  • Graphic Novel, 2014New York : First Second, 2014. — GN TAMAKI