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4.1 stars
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS OF 2020
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When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
2. Crank
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Crank trilogy volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
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TOP 13 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2022; TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST
2010
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Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling to control her life and her mind.
Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what...
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4.3 stars
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2016
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"Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"--
4. Fade
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Wake trilogy (Lisa McMann) volume 2.
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TOP 100 MOST BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS: 2010-2019
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Using her ability to tap into other people's dreams, eighteen-year-old Janie investigates an alleged sex ring at her high school that involves teachers using the date rape drug on students.
5. The giver
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Giver quartet volume 1.
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4.2 stars
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TOP 100 MOST BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS: 1990-2019
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Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian...
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4.6 stars
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017
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After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal...
7. Marked
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House of Night. Original series volume 1.
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4.3 stars
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TOP 100 MOST BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS: 2010-2019
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Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is Marked as a fledging vampyre and joins the House of Night where she will train to become an adult vampyre.
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4 stars
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TOP 13 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS Of 2022, TOP 10 2021
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Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
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4.3 stars
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TOP 13 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS OF 2022; TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED 2014, 2013, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004
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Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie is navigating through the strange worlds of love, drugs, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," and dealing with the loss of a good friend and his favorite aunt.