![]() Kendi and Jason Reynolds and "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas among novels like "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison and "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee that regularly make the list. The 2020 list featured newer titles, such as "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Ibram X. The American Library Association releases an annual list of the top-10 most challenged books. There was a rising number of challenges in books that deal with racism." “In 2018, 2019, many of the books that were challenged dealt with LGBTQ themes and characters,” said Caldwell-Stone, whose organization keeps data on book challenges. School boards are seeing parents complain about science and history books, too, he said.ĭeborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom, said her department has seen an increase in challenges against books that tackle themes of racism since the Black Lives Matter protests began in the summer of 2020 and because of the recent rhetoric surrounding critical race theory. Printz Award finalist, one of the highest honors for Young Adult literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He said elected officials are pursuing censorship with increasing ease, and without well-defined policies in school districts on how to deal with books in question, school board members tend to cave quickly to demands, not realizing the implications of doing so. Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez is a 2016 Michael L. ![]()
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