Banned Books for Teens
Unfortunately for us all, more and more books for teens are being challenged in schools and libraries all across the nation. Here are some of the most popular titles, taken from our Books Unbanned project list. (Created August 2023)
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Books Unbanned
Fiction and graphic novels for youth and adults that faced recent bans or challenges in the United States. Readers ages 13 to 26 from anywhere in the U.S. can access these titles and our entire collection of eBooks and audiobooks for free with the Seattle Public Library's Books Unbanned e-card.
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The Black Flamingo
Mike doesn't fit in anywhere it seems, until he finds and joins the Drag Society at University.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Cinderella Is Dead
Two hundred years after the death of Cinderella, young women must marry by age 18 or be banished from society. Sophia wants nothing to do with marriage unless it's to her girlfriend, but society won't allow that.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Darius the Great Deserves Better
Darius has a boyfriend and a spot on the soccer team, but his family's struggles with money, depression, and racism lead his two queer grandmothers to move in with the family to help out. "This is normal, right?"
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Lily's life in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1950s opens up when she meets Kathleen, a girl who introduces her to the women at the Telegraph Club, an illegal bar for lesbians. How long will they be able to keep their relationship a secret from Lily's family and the authorities?
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Juliet Takes A Breath
Juliet starts an internship with a famous feminist author, but quickly learns that the white woman's definitions of feminism often leave out people of color.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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I Am Not your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Julia and her parents are grieving the loss of her older sister together, but when will her parents let her live her life without trying to live up to her older sister's seeming perfection?
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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More Happy Than Not
Aaron is grieving his father's death by suicide and contemplates his own after a failed romance. Can a new technique that wipes his memory of bad things help him out?
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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The Deep & Dark Blue
Twins Hawke and Grayson must join an order of women initiates in disguise when their royal family line is threatened, but once the crisis has passed, Grayson realizes he is much more comfortable being known as Grace.
Format: Graphic Novel
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Cemetery Boys
Desperate to prove himself as a brujo, and not a bruja, Yadriel performs the rites that give him magical powers and allow him to see and help the ghost of another trans boy find his killer.
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Availability: All copies in use
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