Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
This book is gay by Juno Dawson
Out of the Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
– The 2019 book is an illustrated treatise on the life and journey of the author to identify as non-binary
-The book was challenged for sexually explicit imagery and for its LGBTQ content
This book is gay by Juno Dawson
– The book, published in 2014, aims to serve as a handbook for LGBT people
-The book has been challenged for LGBTQ content and for including sex-educational content
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
– The 2019 book tells the story of a black teenager who witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend by a white police officer
– The book has been challenged for its use of profanity and violence, as well as allegations that it promotes anti-police ideology and social indoctrination
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evision
– The book, published in 2018, is about a Mexican-American young adult who goes through a period of self-discovery after a life of adversity
-The book was challenged for profanity, explicit sexuality and LGBTQ content
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
– The 2020 book is a collection of essays chronicling the life of the author, who grew up as a queer black man in New Jersey and Virginia
-The book was challenged for sexually explicit content, LGBTQ content and profanity
Out of the Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
– The novel, published in 2015, follows a love affair between two teenagers – a black boy and a Mexican-American girl – in 1930s Texas
-The book was banned for depicting abuse and the use of sexually explicit content
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Native American by Sherman Alexie
– Published in 2007, the book tells the story of a teenage Native American who chooses to attend a mostly white public high school off his reservation
– The book was banned for profane and derogatory language, depictions of alcohol consumption, violence, poverty and sexuality
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrew
– The 2012 book is about a high school boy whose parents introduce him to a childhood friend because she is dying of cancer
-The book was challenged for calling it demeaning to women and explicit sexuality
Toni Morrison’s bluest eye
-The story, published in 1970, is about a black girl grappling with racism and its psychological effects in Ohio in 1941
-The novel was banned for its depictions of child sexual abuse
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
– The book, published in 2014, is based on interviews with six transgender and gender-neutral adults who share their sense of identity throughout life
-The book was challenged for being sexually explicit and for its LGBTQ content