Reasons: Challenged and restricted for featuring a gay marriage and LGBTQIA+ content for being “a deliberate attempt to indoctrinate young children” with the potential to cause confusion, curiosity, and gender dysphoria and for conflicting with a religious viewpoint Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis.Reasons: Challenged, banned, and relocated for LGBTQIA+ content for discussing gender identity and sex education and for concerns that the title and illustrations were “inappropriate” Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg, illustrated by Fiona Smyth.
Reasons: Challenged and vandalized for LGBTQIA+ content and political viewpoints, for concerns that it is “designed to pollute the morals of its readers,” and for not including a content warning A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss, illustrated by EG Keller.Reasons: challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, for “its effect on any young people who would read it,” and for concerns that it was sexually explicit and biased Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin.Reasons: challenged, banned, restricted, and hidden to avoid controversy for LGBTQIA+ content and a transgender character because schools and libraries should not “put books in a child’s hand that require discussion” for sexual references and for conflicting with a religious viewpoint and “traditional family structure” And don't miss reading Pat Scales's " What Makes a Good Banned Book?" (from the September/October 2009 Horn Book Magazine).īased on 377 challenges, here are the top ten most challenged books of 2019. Look for Banned Books Week events in your area to get involved. Find your freedom to read!"ĪLA has also released a list of the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books of the Decade. This year's theme is "Censorship is a dead end. The lists are based on information from media stories and voluntary challenge reports sent to OIF from communities across the United States.” From The American Library Association’s website: “Every year, the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top Ten Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools.
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