by Isabella J. Miletic | May 15, 2026
Forever … by Judy Blume was published in 1975. It was named in NPR’s 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels and Time Magazine’s 100 Best YA Books of All Time. BANNED in Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Columbia, Duval, Escambia, Hernando, Hillsborough, Indian River, Jackson,...
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 | 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...