by Isabella J. Miletic | Jan 23, 2026
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo was published in 2021 and awarded the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (2021). BANNED in Brevard, Broward, Clay, Escambia, Flagler, Hillsborough, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas,...
by Isabella J. Miletic | Jan 1, 2026
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (they/them) was published in 2020. It was selected for the YALSA’s 2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. BANNED in Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Citrus, Clay, Escambia, Flagler Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Marion,...
by Isabella J. Miletic | Dec 1, 2025
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult was published in 2007 and awarded the ALA’s Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners Award. BANNED in Charlotte, Clay, Collier, Escambia, Hamilton, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Jackson, Lake,...
by Isabella J. Miletic | Jul 1, 2025
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen was published in 2006. BANNED in Alachua, Clay, Collier, Duval, Lake, Leon, Manatee, Nassau, Okaloosa, Orange, Pinellas, Polk, Santa Rosa, Seminole and St. Johns County public schools Water for Elephants is a coming-of-age...
by Isabella J. Miletic | Jun 1, 2025
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison was published in 1970. Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel Beloved. BANNED in Charlotte, Clay, Hernando, Indian River, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Nassau, Orange, Pinellas...
by Isabella J. Miletic | May 1, 2025
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire was published in 1995. It was awarded the Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners Award in 2009. BANNED in Alachua, Charlotte, Clay, Indian River, Manatee, Martin,...