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• A Light in the Attic

  Special Edition

  Silverstein, Shel

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  Banned in Lake County, FL from the Fruitland Park Library in 1993 for "[promoting] disrespect, horror, and violence". Later returned to the shelf, but was among the most challenged books of 1990-2000.

• Alma and How She Got Her Name

  Martinez-Neal, Juana,

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  Banned in 2022 by the Northampton (PA) Area School District (NASD) school board as part of an extensive list of donated books with racially diverse characters.

• Fry Bread

  a Native American Family Story

  Maillard, Kevin Noble,

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  Banned in 2022 by the Northampton PA School District (NASD) school board as part of an extensive list of donated books with racially diverse characters.

• Sulwe

  Nyong'o, Lupita,

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  Banned in 2022 by Northampton PA School District (NASD) school board as part of an extensive list of donated books with racially diverse characters.

• I Am Jazz!

  Herthel, Jessica

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  First banned by the Mount Horeb Area School District (WI) in 2015 after a Florida-based religious legal advocacy group threatened to sue the school. A trans student brought in the book to share their experiences, resulting in a national…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drama

  Telgemeier, Raina

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  Challenged in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 and remains on many challenge lists today for depicting LGBTQIA+ characters putting on a middle school play. Drama was banned in the 2018 and 2019 challenges and access restricted to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drawn Together

  Lê, Minh, 1979-

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  Banned in 2022 by Northampton PA School District (NASD) school board as part of an extensive list of donated books with racially diverse characters.

• Ho'onani

  Hula Warrior

  Gale, Heather (Children's author)

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  Challenged in 2022 by St. Johns County School District in St. Augustine, FL along with six other titles with LGBTQIA+ and gender-diverse characters. The school board voted 3-2 to keep the books on the shelf at that time and as of this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Day in June

  Pitman, Gayle E.

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  Challenged in 2016 in Granbury TX at the Hood County Library for depicting "gay [lifestyles]". The Hood County Library Advisory Board voted to keep this book on the shelf. Challenged in 2018 (IL), 2019 (IA), 2021 (CA) for depicting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nasreen's Secret School

  a True Story From Afghanistan

  Winter, Jeanette

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  Challenged in 2013 in the Johnson City NY school district by a parent, along with The Librarian of Basra, for violent depictions of Nasreen's father being kidnapped by the Taliban. The book is based on a true story and was kept on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Librarian of Basra

  a True Story From Iraq

  Winter, Jeanette

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  Challenged in 2013 in the Johnson City NY school district by a parent, along with Nasreen's Secret School, for violent depictions of soldiers bombing Iraq. The book is based on a true story and was kept on the shelf by the school district.

• The Adventures of Captain Underpants

  An Epic Novel

  Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

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  The top of the American Library Association's most-banned book list in 2013 and in the top 100 banned or challenged books from 2000 to 2019, the entire series of Captain Underpants books have been challenged for containing potty humor,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Who's in My Family?

  All About Our Families

  Harris, Robie H.

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  Banned in Singapore in 2015 for depicting gay couples parenting in a family. Authorities stepped in to prevent the books from being physically destroyed as well as removed from library shelves - instead these children's books were moved to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992

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  At the top of the list of most-frequently challenged books from 1990 to 1999, the Scary Stories series is known as much for its scary illustrations as its stories. Stephen Gammell's illustrations were replaced by Brett Helquist's tamer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Tango Makes Three

  Richardson, Justin, 1963-

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  Challenged and banned frequently for having LGBTQIA+ characters. The book is based on a true story of two male penguins raising a chick as a mating couple