I Read Banned Books

YA novels are made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers*

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Book cover for "The best at it"
Star rating for The best at it
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.

2. Crank

Book cover for "Crank"
Star rating for Crank
Series:
Crank trilogy volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
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...
Book cover for "Darius the Great deserves better"
Star rating for Darius the Great deserves better
Series:
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
"Darius Kellner has everything he thought he wanted--a new boyfriend, a new internship, and a spot on the soccer team--but growing up makes him question everything."--
Book cover for "Moxie"
Star rating for Moxie
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, Viv, sixteen, starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines.
Book cover for "Rainbow boys"
Star rating for Rainbow boys
Series:
Rainbow trilogy volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Three high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting feelings about each other.
Book cover for "Summer of Brave"
Star rating for Summer of Brave
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Lilla wants to make everyone happy, so when her best friend Vivi dares her to start telling the truth as part of their Summer of Brave, Lilla hesitates because if she says out loud what she really wants, her whole life might crash down around her.
Book cover for "This is my America"
Star rating for This is my America
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
While writing letters to Innocence X, a justice-seeking project, asking them to help her father, an innocent black man on death row, teenaged Tracy takes on another case when her brother is accused of killing his white girlfriend.

8. Tilt

Book cover for "Tilt"
Star rating for Tilt
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Three teens, connected by their parents' bad choices, tell in their own voices of their lives and loves as Shane finds his first boyfriend, Mikayla discovers that love can be pushed too far, and Harley loses herself in her quest for new experiences.

9. Tricks

Book cover for "Tricks"
Star rating for Tricks
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love.