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Book cover for "Something happened in our town"
Star rating for Something happened in our town
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS Of 2020
Description:
After discussing the police shooting of a local black man with their families, Emma and Josh know how to treat a new student who looks and speaks differently than his classmates.

82. Speak

Book cover for "Speak"
Star rating for Speak
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Notes:
TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2020
Description:
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
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 "The things they carried"
Star rating for The things they carried
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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TOP 100 MOST BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS: 2000-2019
Description:
A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O'Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam...
Book cover for "Thirteen reasons why"
Star rating for Thirteen reasons why
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2018, 2017, 2012
Description:
When Clay Jenkins receives a box containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends the night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
Book cover for "This book is gay"
Star rating for This book is gay
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
TOP 13 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS OF 2022; TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED 2021
Book cover for "This day in June"
Star rating for This day in June
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2018
Description:
"A picture book illustrating a Pride parade. The endmatter serves as a primer on LGBT history and culture and explains the references made in the story"--
Book cover for "This one summer"
Star rating for This one summer
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2018, 2016
Description:
Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach. It's a summer of secrets and heartache, and it's a good...
Book cover for "To kill a mockingbird"
Star rating for To kill a mockingbird
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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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.

90. Tricks

Book cover for "Tricks"
Star rating for Tricks
Average Rating:
5 stars
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TOP 100 MOST BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS: 2010-2019
Description:
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love.
Book cover for "Two boys kissing"
Star rating for Two boys kissing
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2018, 2016, 2015
Description:
A chorus of men who died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance, and more in a society that has changed in many ways.
Book cover for "Uncle Bobby's wedding"
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2008
Description:
Chloe is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she'll always be special to Uncle Bobby--and to Uncle Jamie, too.
Book cover for "The walking dead"
Star rating for The walking dead
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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TOP 100 MOST BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS: 2010-2019
Description:
Police officer Rick Grimes is shot on the job and wakes up a month later to find that the world that he knows is gone. Zombies have taken over and are killing and eating those who are still alive. He sets out toward Atlanta in the hope that his family is still alive and endures many horrors along the way. Police officer Rick Grimes and a few human survivors battle hordes of decomposing zombies.
Book cover for "Welcome to Dead House"
Star rating for Welcome to Dead House
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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FOR GOOSEBUMPS SERIES- TOP 100 MOST BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS: 1990-2019
Description:
Enter at your own risk: The first ever Goosebumps. Now with creepy bonus features!

11-year-old Josh and 12-year-old Amanda just moved into the oldest and weirdest house on the block—the two siblings think it might even be haunted! But of course, their parents don't believe them. You'll get used to it, they say. Go out and make some new friends. But the creepy kids are not like anyone Josh and Amanda have ever met before. And when they...
Book cover for "Year of wonders"
Star rating for Year of wonders
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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TOP 100 MOST BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS: 2010-2019
Description:
Eighteen-year-old Anna Frith tells the story of her remote English village, Eyam, which was infected by the plague in 1666 and where, persuaded by their vicar, the townspeople decided to quarantine themselves.

96. Yolo

Book cover for "Yolo"
Star rating for Yolo
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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TOP 10 MOST CHALLENGED BOOKS LIST 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007. BOOK 1 IN SERIES IS TTYL
Description:
Through "instant messages," chronicles the struggles best friends Maddie, Angela, and Zoe face during their freshman year in college, each of them in a different state, two wondering if their romantic relationships will last, and one determining that roller derby is the key to keeping the trio close.