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Banned Book Week

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TOP 5 CHALLENGED BOOKS IN 2016

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TWO BOYS KISSING

DAVID LEVITHAN
CHALLENGED because of its cover has an image of two boys kissing, and it was considered to include sexually explicit LGBT content.

I aM JAZZ

JESSICA HERTHAL AND JAZZ JENNINGS
CHALLENGED because it portrays a transgender child and because of language, sex education, and offensive viewpoints.

LOOKING FOR ALASKA

jOHN GREEN
Challenged for a sexually explicit scene that may lead to student "experimentation"
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DRAMA

RAINA TELGEMEIER
Challenged because it includes LGBT characters, was deemed sexually explicit, and was considered to have an offensive political viewpoint.

ELEANOR AND PARK

RAINBOW ROWELL
Challenged for offensive language