Middle School

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Middle School

7th and 8th Grades and up

Killing Mr. Griffin

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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

By Chris Crutcher

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What My Mother Doesn't Know

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Cut

By Patricia McCormick

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Ender’s Game

By Orson Scott Card

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Shade’s Children

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Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley

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The Hunger Games

By Suzanne Collins

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An Abundance of Katherines

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Trash

By Andy Mulligan

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Die Softly

By Christopher Pike

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Daughters of Eve

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Hoops

By Walter Dean Myers

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The Outsiders

By S. E. Hinton

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Feed

By M. T. Anderson

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

By Sherman Alexie

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Geography Club

By Brent Hartinger

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Tiger Eyes

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On My Honor

By Marion Dane Bauer

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The Pigman

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By Stephen Chbosky

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Hold Still

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Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories

By Chris Crutcher

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Here's to You, Rachel Robinson

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Little Brother

By Cory Doctorow

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Bless Me, Ultima

By Rudolfo Anaya

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Like Sisters on the Homefront

By Rita Williams-Garcia

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Ender's Game

By Orson Scott Card

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Articles About Banning and Challenging Books

News and Academic Sources

"Banned Comics" (CBLDF)

"Walter Dean Myers Talks Book-banning, Writing for Troubled Kids" By Debra Lau Whelan (National Coalition Against Censorship)

"Sinister Reasons Behind Latest Book Ban Attempt" (Bustle)

"A sports-related book on the banned list" (wendyparker.org)

"Musings of a 'Sexually-Explicit' Author" By Sonya Sones (sonyasones.com)

"How some students are fighting back against book bans in their schools" By Danielle Campoamor (Today)

"Two LGBTQ-centered books challenged at middle school in Kent" By Ed Ronco & Posey Gruener (KNKX)

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