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• Carsick

  John Waters Hitchhikes Across America

  Waters, John, 1946-

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  This travel novel was challenged in Alberta in 2015 for being sexually explicit. The book was retained.

• Pageboy

  a Memoir

  Page, Elliot, 1987-

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  This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being LGBTQIA+ positive.

• Lucky

  Stapley, Marissa,

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  This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being sexually explicit.

• Becoming

  Obama, Michelle, 1964-

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  This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being LGBTQIA+ positive.

• Baby Making for Everybody

  Family Building and Fertility for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents

  Rachlin, Ray,

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  This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being age LGBTQIA+ positive.

• The Handmaid's Tale

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  In 2008 in Toronto, a parent formally complained about the use of this dystopian novel in a Grade 12 English class at Lawrence Park Collegiate. The parent said that the novel’s “profane language,” anti-Christian overtones, “violence” and “sexual…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Things They Carried

  O'Brien, Tim, 1946-

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  This title has been ranked 34th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.

• Wild Fire

  DeMille, Nelson

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  In 2007, an Edmonton Public Library patron complained about this thriller, stating that it is "just another hate-promoting novel". In the novel, which is set in 2002, a group of powerful Americans secretly plot to provoke a nuclear attack on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

  Haddon, Mark,

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  This title has been ranked 95th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.

• A Child Called "it"

  An Abused Child's Journey From Victim to Victor

  Pelzer, David J.

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  This title has been ranked 36th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.

• The Book of Negroes

  a Novel

  Hill, Lawrence, 1957-

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  In 2011, Canadian author Hill received an email from a Roy Groenberg in the Netherlands who said that he and others planned to publicly burn Hill’s novel because they objected to the use of the N-word in the title. On June 22, 2011, Groenberg and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gender Queer

  a Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia,

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  A library patron challenged this teen graphic novel in an undisclosed Canadian Public Library. The patron felt the book was controversial and questioned the library’s policy about graphic pedophiliac pornography aimed at teens and young adults. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Glass Castle

  a Memoir

  Walls, Jeannette

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  This title has been ranked 17th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.

• Brave New World

  Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963

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  This title has been ranked 26th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.

• Milk and Honey

  Kaur, Rupi,

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  In August 2022, Alpine School District, Utah’s largest school district, removed 52 books from school shelves and flagged an additional 32 titles for review. Milk and Honey was included among the 52 removed titles. A spokesperson for the school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beloved

  a Novel

  Morrison, Toni

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  This title has been ranked 45th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.

• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

  Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001

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  In 1990, parents demanded the removal of this novel from high school reading lists in Essex County, Ontario. They objected to “vulgarity, sexual expressions and sexual innuendoes” in the text. The novel, which is set chiefly in Montreal in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fun Home

  a Family Tragicomic

  Bechdel, Alison, 1960-

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  This title was included in the Canadian Federation of Library Association's report on Titles, Authors and Programs Challenged in 2023 for being age inappropriate and sexually explicit.

• Snow Falling on Cedars

  Guterson, David

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  In 2006, after receiving an anonymous letter of a complaint that the novel had sexual content, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in Ontario removed this novel about a murder trial from its high school library shelves and the syllabus…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Color Purple

  Walker, Alice, 1944-

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  This title has been ranked 50th in the "Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019" by the American Library Association.