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The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chobsky. Memorial Library System, Montgomery County, TX and Arrowhead High School, Merton, WI: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Gay-positive themes.
I Am the Cheese, Robert Cormier. Elko Junior High School, Elko, NV: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Sexual content.
Stuck Rubber Baby, Howard Cruse. Memorial Library System, Montgomery County, TX: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Gay-positive themes.
Whale Talk, Chris Crutcher. Limestone County high school libraries, Limestone County, AL: Removed; Eighth-grade Language Arts class, SC: Removed; Grand Ledge High, Grand Ledge, MI: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Profanity.
King & King & Family, Stern Nijland, Linda de Haan. Freeman Elementary School, Wilmington, NC: Restricted to adults; Shelby County Public Library, Shelbyville, IN: Restricted to adults; Metropolitan Library Services, Oklahoma CIty, OK: Restricted to Adults. Complaint: Gay-positive themes.
Daughters of Eve, Lois Duncan. Lowell Middle School, Lowell, IN: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Sexual content.
The Sissy Duckling, Harvey Fierstein. Memorial Library System, Montgomery County, TX: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Gay-positive themes.
Life Is Funny, E.R. Frank. All middle-school libraries, Mercede, CA: Removed. Complaint: Sexual content.
My Heartbeat, Garret Freymann-Weyr. Memorial Library System, Montgomery County, TX: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Gay-positive themes.
Holly’s Secret, Nancy Garden. Memorial Library System, Montgomery County, TX: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Gay-positive themes.
Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Margaret Peterson Haddix. Galt Joint Union School District, Sacramento, CA: Removed / Restricted. Complaint: Parental neglect, sexual harassment.
It’s Perfectly Normal, Robie H. Harris. Holt Middle School, Fayetteville, AK: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Sexually explicit.
Eat Me, Linda Jaivin. Marion County Public Library, Ocala, FL: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Sexually explicit.
Pinkerton, Behave!, Steven Kellogg. Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL: Challenged but retained. Complaint: Violence.
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