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These are just some of the books that were challenged in the United States in 2020. A "challenge" is a formal attempt to remove or restrict access to library resources. The American Library Association tracked 156 challenges in 2020 (American Library Association Field Report 2020: Banned & Challenged Books). Interested in seeing more? Check out this full list of the most-frequently challenged books of the last decade online on the American Library Association's Banned Books page.

George by Alex Gino
Call Number: JUV PZ 7.1 .G566 Geo 2015
ISBN: 9780545812542
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Challenged due to "sexual content", issues of bullying, rebelling against the police, and refusing to take medications
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: E184.A1 R49 2020
ISBN: 9780316453691
Publication Date: 2020-03-10
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
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds; Brendan Kiely
ISBN: 9781481463348
Publication Date: 2017-08-29
Banned and challenged for profanity, drug use, and alcoholism, and because it was thought to promote anti-police views, contain divisive topics, and be “too much of a sensitive matter right now”
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN: 9780312674397
Publication Date: 2011-05-10
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
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: PZ 7 .A382 Ab 2007
ISBN: 9780316013680
Publication Date: 2007-09-12
Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and allegations of sexual misconduct by the author
Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano; Marietta Collins; Ann Hazzard; Jennifer Zivoin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781433828546
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Challenged for “divisive language” and because it was thought to promote anti-police views
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Call Number: PS 3562 .E353 T6 2010b
ISBN: 9780446310789
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
Banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experience
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Call Number: PS 3537 .T3234 O2 2002
ISBN: 9780142000670
Publication Date: 2002-01-08
Banned and challenged for racial slurs and racist stereotypes, and their negative effect on students
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Call Number: PS 3563 .O8749 B55 1994
ISBN: 9780375411557
Publication Date: 1993-12-28
Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and depicts child sexual abuse
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Call Number: JUV PZ 7.1 .T448 Hat 2017
ISBN: 9780062498533
Publication Date: 2017-02-28
Challenged for profanity, and it was thought to promote an anti-police message

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Pyramid of Challenges 2020

This infographic from ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom breaks down the statistics of reported challenges, and estimates silent/unreported challenges from 2020.