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Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women
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22) Native son
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Banned and challenged for sexually graphic and violent content.
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23) Of mice and men
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Banned and challenged for racial slurs and racist stereotypes, and their negative effect on students
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24) Out of darkness
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Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
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Banned for being sexually explicit, depraved, immoral, and anti-Christian.
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26) Speak
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Banned, challenged, and restricted because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint and it was claimed to be biased against male students, and for the novel’s inclusion of rape and profanity
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Banned and challenged because of author’s public statements, and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents” and does not encompass racism against all people
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Banned, challenged, and restricted for addressing teen suicide
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29) This book is gay
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Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content.
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To kill a mockingbird volume 1
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Banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experience
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