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Book cover for "The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian"
Star rating for The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
TOP 13 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS OF 2022; TOP 10 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
Description:
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Book cover for "All American boys"
Star rating for All American boys
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Notes:
TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS OF 2020
Description:
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.
Book cover for "The hate u give"
Star rating for The hate u give
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Notes:
TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017
Description:
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...
Book cover for "Out of darkness"
Star rating for Out of darkness
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
TOP 13 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS Of 2022, TOP 10 2021
Description:
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.
Book cover for "Stamped"
Star rating for Stamped
Average Rating:
3.4 stars
Notes:
TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS Of 2020
Description:
"A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning"--
Book cover for "To kill a mockingbird"
Star rating for To kill a mockingbird
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2020, 2017, 2011, 2009
Description:
"Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee exploreswith rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much."--Provided by publisher.