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| Why Are These Books Banned? |
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| Reading Log |
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1 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie |
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2 The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende |
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6 | (4) |
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3 Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson |
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10 | (4) |
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4 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou |
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14 | (4) |
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5 Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher |
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18 | (4) |
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6 The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood |
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22 | (4) |
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7 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel |
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26 | (4) |
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8 Something Happened In Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice, Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin |
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30 | (4) |
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9 The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky |
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34 | (4) |
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10 The Kingdom of Little Wounds, Susann Cokal |
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38 | (4) |
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11 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins |
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42 | (4) |
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12 Whale Talk, Chris Crutcher |
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46 | (4) |
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13 This Book Is Gay, Juno Dawson, illustrated by Spike Gerrell |
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50 | (4) |
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14 Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich |
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54 | (4) |
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15 Lawn Boy, Jonathan Evison |
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58 | (4) |
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16 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Jonathan Safran Foer |
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62 | (4) |
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17 Dreaming in Cuban, Cristina Garcia |
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66 | (4) |
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70 | (4) |
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19 Looking for Alaska. John Grcon |
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74 | (4) |
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20 Prince St Knight, Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis |
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78 | (4) |
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21 The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time, Mark Haddon |
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82 | (4) |
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22 The 1819 Project: A New Origin Story, Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine, edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein |
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86 | (4) |
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23 I Am Jazz, Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas |
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90 | (4) |
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94 | (4) |
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25 The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini |
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98 | (4) |
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26 The Color of Earth, Kim Dong Hwa |
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102 | (4) |
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27 All Boys Aren't Blue. Gcorgo M. Johnson |
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106 | (4) |
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28 Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, Susan Kuklin |
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110 | (4) |
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29 Two Boys Kissing. David Levithan |
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114 | (4) |
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30 Fallen Angels, Walter Dean Myers |
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118 | (4) |
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31 The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien |
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122 | (4) |
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32 Out of Darkness. Ashley Hope Perez |
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126 | (4) |
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33 The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman |
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130 | (4) |
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34 Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi |
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134 | (4) |
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35 All American Boys, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely |
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138 | (4) |
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36 And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, illustrated by Henry Cole |
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142 | (4) |
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37 Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowel |
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146 | (4) |
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38 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi |
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150 | (4) |
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39 What My Mother Doesn't Know, Sonya Sones |
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154 | (4) |
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40 Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology, edited by Amy Sonnie |
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158 | (4) |
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41 Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Art Spiegelman |
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162 | (4) |
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42 This One Summer, Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki |
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166 | (4) |
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43 Drama, Raina Telgemeier |
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170 | (4) |
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44 The Hate U Give, Angle Thomas |
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174 | (4) |
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45 Habibi, Craig Thompson |
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178 | (4) |
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46 A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, Jill Twiss, illustrated by EG Keller |
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182 | (4) |
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47 The Color Purple, Alice Walker |
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186 | (4) |
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48 The Glass Castle Jeannctto Walls |
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190 | (4) |
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49 So Far from the Bamboo Grove, Yoko Kawashima Watkins |
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194 | (4) |
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50 Nasreen's Secret School, Jeanette Winter |
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198 | (4) |
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51 The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley, Malcolm X and Alex Haley |
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202 | (4) |
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52 Front Desk, Kelly Yang |
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206 | (5) |
| Appendix: 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010--2019 |
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| About the American Library Association |
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