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Profanity, claimed to be sexually explicit

Anti-family, homosexuality, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “promotes the homosexual agenda”

LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.

Sexual content, offensive language, unsuited to age group

Drug use, claimed to be sexually explicit

LGBTQIA+ content, was deemed sexually explicit, and was considered to have an offensive political viewpoint

Profanity and for “vulgarity and sexual overtones”

Profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda

Portrays a transgender child, sex education, offensive viewpoints and unsuited for age group

Homosexuality, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit

LGBTQIA+ content and political viewpoints, for concerns that it is “designed to pollute the morals of its readers,” and for not including a content warning

LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

LGBTQIA+ content, includes a transgender child, unsuited to age group

Offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group, violence

Depictions of abuse, claimed to be sexually explicit

For featuring a gay marriage and LGBTQIA+ content; for being “a deliberate attempt to indoctrinate young children” with the potential to cause confusion, curiosity, and gender dysphoria; and for conflicting with a religious viewpoint

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

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

Offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group

Homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group

Inaccuracy, political viewpoint

Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence, unsuited to age group

Occult/Satanism, offensive language and violence

Anti-family content, unsuited to age group, violence, offensive language, sexually explicit and for including a same-sex couple

Offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group and violence

Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

Claimed to be sexually explicit

Drugs, offensive language, racism, sexual content, and violence

Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

Drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit

Drugs, homosexuality, sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group

Occult/Satanism, violence, anti-family, religious viewpoint

Homosexuality, nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, abortion, unsuited to age group. Additional reasons: “alleges it is child pornography”

LGBTQIA+ content, claimed to be sexually explicit

Insensitivity, occult/Satanism, unsuited to age group, violence

LGBTQIA+ content; for discussing gender identity and sex education; and for concerns that the title and illustrations were “inappropriate”

Mention of drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group

LGBT content, sexually explicit content, and that “condones public displays of affection”

Sexism, sexually explicit, offensive language and unsuited to age group