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• Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam

  Mohammed, Yasmine

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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 negative towards Islam.

• They Do It With Mirrors

  Christie, Agatha

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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 racist against black people.

• The Beast or the Lamb

  Discerning the Nature That Determines Your Destiny

  Prince, Derek

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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 denigrating non-Christian religious and spiritual groups.

• Anthology of Mind

  Musturi, Tommi

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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, sexually explicit, and violent.

• Red Room: Trigger Warnings

  Piskor, Ed

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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, violent, and depicting animal cruelty.

• 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.

• Born This Way

  Real Stories of Growing Up Gay

  Vitagliano, Paul

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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.

• 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.

• Alphabet Soup: The Essential Guide to LGBTQ2+ Inclusion at Work

  Bach, Michael

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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.

• 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…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…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,…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…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.

• The Boys Vol. 5: Herogasm

  Issues #1-6

  Ennis, Garth

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  This book was challenged in a public library in Surrey B.C., in 2010. A staff member felt this book violated community standards because of it's sexual explicitness. Fellow librarians agreed, and it was returned to the vendor.