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Banned Books Week 2024: Teen Nonfiction

What Teen Non-fiction books have been banned or challenged through the decades across the country? Take a look at this list. You might find your next read!

Loutit District Library

8 items

  • Anne Frank

    the Diary of a Young Girl

    Frank, Anne, 1929-1945
    Challenged: anatomical descriptions
    Book, 1993New York : Bantam Books, 1993. — YA BIO FRANK
  • Banned: LGBTQ+ content, and sexual content
    Book, 2002New York : Random House, 2002. — YA BIO ANGELOU
  • Paint Me Like I Am

    Teen Poems From WritersCorps

    Challenged: language
    Book, 2003New York : HarperTempest, 2003. — YA 811 P148
  • Beyond Magenta

    Transgender Teens Speak Out

    Kuklin, Susan
    Banned: LGBTQIA+ content, and sexually explicit
    Book, 2014Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, [2014], ©2014. — YA 306.768 K9b
  • Banned: Sexual education, and LGBTQIA+ content
    Book, 2015Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2015], ©2015. — YA 306.76 D2t
  • Stamped

    Racism, Antiracism, and You

    Reynolds, Jason,
    Challenged: devisive, "selective storytelling incidents," inappropriate instructional material
    Book, 2020New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. — YA 305.8 R4s