Top Challenged Books | Overton High

Author

Series

Notes

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.

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A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a dragon together.

22) Sex Criminals Vol. 1: One Weird Trick: Issues #1-5

Author

Fraction, Matt

Series

Sex criminals volume 1

Notes

Challenged because it was considered sexually explicit

Formats:

eBook, eComic

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Collects SEX CRIMINALS #1-5! Suzie's just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets Jon and it turns out he has the same ability. And sooner or later they get around to using their gifts to do what we'd ALL do: rob a couple banks. A bawdy and brazen sex comedy for comics begins here!

23) Sex is a funny word

Author

Silverberg, Cory

Notes

Challenged, banned, and relocated for LGBTQIA+ content; for discussing gender identity and sex education; and for concerns that the title and illustrations were “inappropriate”

Formats:

Comic, eBook, Kindle

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"A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identies, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Much more than the "facts of life" or "the birds and the bees," Sex Is a Funny Word opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their...

24) Skippyjon Jones in mummy trouble

Author

Schachner, Judith Byron

Series

Skippyjon Jones (Picture books) volume 3

Notes

Challenged for depicting stereotypes of Mexican culture

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Skippyjon Jones, a Siamese kitten who thinks he's a Chihuahua, dreams of traveling to ancient Egypt with his gang of Chihuahua amigos.

25) tango makes three

This entry no longer exists in the catalog

26) Thirteen reasons why

Author

Asher, Jay

Notes

Banned, challenged, and restricted for addressing teen suicide

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Kit

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When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

27) This day in June

Author

Pitman, Gayle E

Notes

Challenged and BURNED for including LGBTQIA+ content

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"A picture book illustrating a Pride parade. The endmatter serves as a primer on LGBT history and culture and explains the references made in the story"--

28) This one summer

Author

Tamaki, Mariko

Notes

Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and certain illustrations

Formats:

Comic, eBook, Kindle

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Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. Her friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had, completing her summer family. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making in the small town of Awago Beach. It's a summer of secrets and heartache, and it's a good...

29) To kill a mockingbird

Author

Lee, Harper

Series

To kill a mockingbird volume 1

Notes

This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, considered an American classic, was challenged and banned because of violence and its use of the N-word.

Formats:

Book, CD audio book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Eight-year-old "Scout" Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town where her father is a lawyer.

30) Two boys kissing

Author

Levithan, David

Notes

Challenged and BURNED for including LGBTQIA+ content

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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A chorus of men who died of AIDS observes and yearns to help a cross-section of today's gay teens who navigate new love, long-term relationships, coming out, self-acceptance, and more in a society that has changed in many ways.