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Banned in the USA

"Every burned book enlightens the world." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson These were the most banned books in the first half of 2022-2023 school year (per Pen America's Index of School Book Bans)

Oakland Public Library

11 items

  • Topping the list with 12 bans. This was also the most banned book of 2022, with bans in 138 school districts in 32 states.
    Graphic Novel[St. Louis, Missouri] : Lion Forge, LLC ; 2019. — YA BIO KOBABE
  • Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2020 — YA 741.5 CURATO
  • BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009. — YA FIC HOPKINS
  • BookNew York, NY : Simon Pulse, ©2004. — YA FIC HOPKINS
  • BookNew York : Vintage Contemporaries / Vintage Books, 2021. — FIC SAPPHIRE
  • BookNew York : Washington Square Press, c1970. — FIC MORRISON
  • BookKansas City, MO : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2015] — 811.6 KAUR