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• Banned & Challenged Books | American Library Association

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• Gender Queer

  a Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia,

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  Number of challenges: 106 | Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-

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  Number of challenges: 82 | Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• This Book Is Gay

  Dawson, Juno

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  Number of challenges: 71 | Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, sex education, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  Chbosky, Stephen

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  Number of challenges: 68 | Challenged for: claimed to be sexually explicit, LGBTQIA+ content, rape, drugs, profanity

• Flamer

  Curato, Mike

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  Number of challenges: 67 | Challenged for: LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

• The Bluest Eye

  Morrison, Toni

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  Number of challenges: 62 | Challenged for: rape, incest, claimed to be sexually explicit, EDI content

• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  Andrews, Jesse

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  Number of challenges: 56 | Challenged for: claimed to be sexually explicit, profanity

• Tricks

  Hopkins, Ellen,

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  Number of challenges: 56 | Challenged for: claimed to be sexually explicit, drugs, rape, LGBTQIA+ content

• Let's Talk About It

  the Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human

  Moen, Erika, 1983-

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  Number of challenges: 55 | Challenged for: claimed to be sexually explicit, sex education, LGBTQIA+ content

• Sold

  McCormick, Patricia, 1956-

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  Number of challenges: 53 | Challenged for: claimed to be sexually explicit, rape