Book Bans: List of books challenged in schools tracked by Florida Freedom to Read Project

Fort Myers News-Press | By Nikki Ross | September 26, 2022

The Florida Freedom to Read project has identified 581 books that have been challenged in Florida’s school districts. 

Of those challenges, the project identified 215 books that were returned to shelves in at least one district where the challenge occurred, 114 had labels put on the challenged books, 69 of them were restricted to certain age groups or students, and 65 were banned or removed entirely from libraries. 

Of the challenges, 19 were led by parents, 313 were led by conservative groups and 303 were led by school leadership, according to the project. 

Here is a list of books by county and all of the challenged books listed by the Florida Freedom to Read Project:

  1. Tricks
  2. The Hate U Give
  3. Thirteen Reasons Why
  4. Beloved
  5. The Bluest Eye
  6. Nineteen Minutes
  7. All Boys Aren’t Blue
  8. The Kite Runner
  9. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
  10. Drama
  11. The Truth About Alice
  12. This One Summer
  13. Killing Mr. Griffin
  14. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  15. Real Live Boyfriends
  16. Melissa (George)
  17. Looking for Alaska
  18. Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything
  19. A Court of Mist and Fury
  20. Forever
  21. Crank
  22. Gender Queer: A Memoir
  23. I am Jazz
  24. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You
  25. Being Jazz: My LIfe as a (Transgender) Teen
  26. Anti Racist Baby
  27. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
  28. Sloppy Firsts
  29. Lucky
  30. More Happy Than Not
  31. Out of Darkness
  32. And Tango Makes Three
  33. Monday’s Not Coming
  34. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  35. Triangles
  36. Two Boys Kissing
  37. L8R G8R
  38. A Court of Silver Flames
  39. The Black Flamingo
  40. The Breakaways
  41. Julian is a Mermaid
  42. When Aidan Became a Brother
  43. The Haters
  44. Almost Perfect
  45. The Infinite Moment of Us
  46. Dear Martin
  47. Unravel Me
  48. Dead Until Dark
  49. Morris Mickelwhite & the Tangerine Dress
  50. Perfect
  51. The God of Small Things
  52. Outlander
  53. Water for Elephants
  54. Sold
  55. Breathless
  56. Push
  57. Jesus Land
  58. This Book is Gay
  59. A Court of Frost and Starlight
  60. A Court of Wings and Ruin
  61. What Girls Are Made Of
  62. Black Girl Unlimited
  63. Odd One Out
  64. It feels good to be yourself: a book about gender identity
  65. The Vincent Boys
  66. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
  67. Lawn Boy
  68. Everywhere Babies
  69. Let’s Talk About It: A Teen’s Guide to Sex
  70. Rick
  71. It’s Perfectly Normal
  72. Identical
  73. The You I’ve Never Known
  74. The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island
  75. The Nowhere Girls
  76. Deogratias: a Tale of Rwanda
  77. Fun Home
  78. Damsel
  79. Infandous
  80. Red Hood
  81. Tilt
  82. Black Brother, Black Brother
  83. 10,000 Dresses
  84. Speak
  85. Wishtree
  86. Blended
  87. My Rainbow
  88. Graceling
  89. Yolk
  90. Rift
  91. The Carnival at Bray
  92. Lush
  93. Dreaming in Cuban
  94. Homegoing
  95. Impulse
  96. Traffick
  97. I Never
  98. This Book is Anti-Racist
  99. Ace of Spades
  100. Tower of Dawn
  101. Heroine
  102. Doin It
  103. ttyl
  104. Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe
  105. All American Boys
  106. Ghost Boys
  107. Eleanor & Park
  108. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
  109. The Berlin Boxing Club
  110. A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl
  111. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
  112. Cemetery Boys
  113. The Glass Castle
  114. Doing it! Let’s Talk About Sex
  115. Flamer
  116. Call Me Max
  117. Gracefully Grayson
  118. Pride : the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
  119. From the Desk of Zoe Washington
  120. Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America
  121. Wide Awake
  122. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
  123. People Kill People
  124. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
  125. A Court of Thorn and Roses
  126. Empire of Storms
  127. House of Earth and Blood
  128. Fade
  129. ttfn
  130. Beautiful
  131. Living Dead Girl: A Novel
  132. Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice
  133. Half of a Yellow Sun
  134. Gone Girl
  135. Grl2grl: Short Fictions
  136. Juliet Takes a Breath
  137. Blankets
  138. Baseball Saved Us
  139. The Poet X
  140. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
  141. How I Paid for College:
  142. Leah on the Offbeat
  143. The Upside of Unrequited
  144. Girls Like Us
  145. Beetle & the Hollowbones
  146. The House of the Spirits
  147. Hear These Voices
  148. We Are Not Your Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
  149. Twisted
  150. Feed
  151. Go Ask Alice
  152. Alt Ed
  153. The Handmaid’s Tale
  154. Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (a Transgender Memoir)
  155. Boy2Girl
  156. Ready or Not
  157. Ready or Not: An All-American Girl
  158. King and the Dragonflies
  159. Foul is Fair
  160. Draw Me a Star
  161. Hunted: A House of Night
  162. The Rape of Nanking
  163. City of Heavenly Fire
  164. Clockwork Princess
  165. Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
  166. The Kingdom of Little Wounds
  167. Little & Lion
  168. The Facts Speak For Themselves
  169. Mexican Whiteboy
  170. The Love Interest
  171. You Against Me
  172. Perfect Chemistry
  173. Who am I without him?…
  174. Dime
  175. Grit
  176. Hunger: A Memoir of my Body
  177. Not That Bad
  178. A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities
  179. Girl in Pieces
  180. Joshua and the City
  181. Cross My Heart
  182. You Too? 25 Voices Share Their MeToo Stories
  183. The Black Kids
  184. What We Saw
  185. Black Lives Matter: From a Moment to a Movement
  186. Collateral
  187. Fallout
  188. Love Lies Beneath
  189. Rumble
  190. Brave Face A Memoir
  191. We Are the Ants
  192. Brave New World
  193. Allegedly
  194. Grown
  195. Stained
  196. This is My America
  197. Exit, Pursued by a Bear
  198. The Black Friend
  199. They Called Me Red
  200. Ask the Passengers
  201. The Music of What Happens
  202. Trail of Crumbs
  203. My Book of Life by Angel
  204. I’ll Be the One
  205. Rape on campus
  206. Thanks A Lot, Universe
  207. Kingdom of Ash
  208. Charmed
  209. Light It Up
  210. Strange Fruit
  211. Did I Mention I Need You?
  212. Blood Water Paint
  213. Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice
  214. Red, White, and Royal blue
  215. Vampire Academy
  216. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
  217. I am Alfonso Jones
  218. Brave Leaders and Activists
  219. Dumplin
  220. Ramona Blue
  221. Monster
  222. Shine
  223. The Magic Fish
  224. The Things They Carried
  225. The Witch Boy
  226. The Girl from the Sea
  227. Sisters=Hermanas
  228. My Sister’s Keeper
  229. The Tenth Circle
  230. Gabi: A Girl in Pieces
  231. Scars
  232. Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicholson
  233. Coming Out and Seeking Support
  234. Lucy Peale
  235. Fangirl
  236. Wayward Son
  237. The Midnight Lie
  238. Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl?
  239. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
  240. Bait
  241. Rainbow Boys
  242. Persepolis
  243. The Lovely Bones
  244. Out of the Easy
  245. Safe
  246. Marriage of a Thousand Lies
  247. Grasshopper Jungle
  248. The Opposite of Innocent
  249. What My Mother Doesn’t Know
  250. Maus
  251. Novels for Students: Volume 9
  252. The Art of Racing in the Rain
  253. Of Mice and Men
  254. Bowery Girl
  255. #BlackLivesMatter: protesting racism
  256. Gossip Girl
  257. Spinning
  258. The Color Purple
  259. Empty
  260. The Prince and the Dressmaker
  261. A Certain Slant of Light
  262. What is Black Lives Matter?
  263. Beneath a Meth Moon
  264. Fable
  265. Black Enough
  266. This Place is Not My Home
  267. Sally and the Magical Sneeze
  268. My Name is Maria Isabel
  269. Time to Pray
  270. Thunder Boy Jr.
  271. Neither
  272. Eagle Song
  273. Winter Candle
  274. Lucky Broken Girl
  275. Berenstain Bears and the Big Question
  276. Most Valuable Players
  277. Grandmama’s Pride
  278. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World
  279. Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match
  280. When Fred Gets Dressed
  281. Crazy Horse’s Vision
  282. First Strawberries
  283. Thirteen Moons on the Turtle’s Back
  284. Two Roads
  285. Eagle Feather
  286. Day’s Work
  287. One Green Apple
  288. Celebrating Different Beliefs
  289. Gaby, Lost and Found
  290. Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa
  291. Sam and the Lucky Money
  292. Name Jar
  293. The Pants Project
  294. Extra Credit
  295. Before She Was Harriet
  296. Sadako
  297. Thank You, Jackie Robinson
  298. Mud Pony
  299. Life of Rosa Parks
  300. Malala: A Hero for All
  301. Dream Come True: Coming to America from Vietnam
  302. Unstoppable
  303. Mighty Miss Malone
  304. The Watsons Go To Birmingham
  305. Case of Sense
  306. 14 Cows for America
  307. Legend of the Bluebonnet
  308. Islandborn
  309. Ashes to Asheville
  310. Abuela
  311. It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
  312. Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop
  313. Dog Named Haku
  314. Drum Dream Girl
  315. Nadia’s Hands
  316. Lailah’s Lunchbox
  317. Jasmine Toguchi, Flamingo Keeper
  318. Calvin
  319. Frankie & Bug
  320. Diary of a Young Girl
  321. Double Life of Pocahontas
  322. Sam!
  323. Cow on the Town
  324. One Crazy Summer
  325. Lily and Dunkin
  326. Sound of Silence
  327. All Around Us
  328. Great Migration
  329. Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
  330. Born on the Water
  331. Day of Ahmed’s Secret
  332. Night Diary
  333. Hush! A Thai Lullaby
  334. Amazing Grace
  335. Carter Reads the Newspaper
  336. Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys
  337. Big Bob Little Bob
  338. Soccer Star
  339. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
  340. Sweet Smell of Roses
  341. Shark King
  342. Any Small Goodness
  343. Day of the Dead
  344. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
  345. My Two Dads and Me
  346. My Two Moms and Me
  347. Color of My Words
  348. Never Say A Mean Word Again
  349. Amina’s Voice
  350. Big Red Lollipop
  351. My Princess Boy
  352. Letter from a Birmingham Jail
  353. I See the Sun in Afghanistan
  354. Sonia Sotomayor
  355. Lost and Found Cat
  356. Little Piece of Ground
  357. Dash
  358. Running the Road to ABC
  359. To Kill a Mockingbird
  360. When Spring Comes to the DMZ
  361. Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
  362. Dim Sum for Everyone
  363. Starry River of the Sky
  364. Handful of Stars
  365. Flying the Dragon
  366. Long Pitch Home
  367. Encounter
  368. Too Bright to See
  369. Gift of Ramadan
  370. Going Down Home with Daddy
  371. Sing a Song
  372. And Still the Turtle Watched
  373. It Began with a Page
  374. When Angels Sing
  375. Fry Bread
  376. Gold-Threaded Dress
  377. Knots on a Counting Rope
  378. Rough-Face Girl
  379. Alma and How She Got Her Name
  380. Lubna and Pebble
  381. Juana & Lucas
  382. Swimming With Faith
  383. Early Sunday Morning
  384. Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop
  385. Drinking Gourd
  386. Love to Mama
  387. Dreamers
  388. Little Night
  389. Nino Wrestles the World
  390. Barbed Wire Baseball
  391. Proud (Young Reader’s Edition)
  392. Zen Shorts
  393. Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family
  394. Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
  395. Daddy, Papa, and Me
  396. Thunder Rose
  397. Flag of Childhood
  398. Turtle of Oman
  399. Sulwe
  400. Family is a Family is a Family
  401. Dear Juno
  402. Nya’s Long Walk
  403. Pink is for Boys
  404. Best Man
  405. Between Us and Abuela
  406. Stonewall Riots
  407. Fatty Legs
  408. In Our Mother’s House
  409. My Mother’s Sari
  410. Wilma’s Way Home
  411. Dumpling Soup
  412. Who is the Dalai Lama?
  413. Pink!
  414. Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
  415. Were I Not A Girl
  416. Hero Two Doors Down
  417. Chik Chik Shabbat
  418. Lost Boys
  419. Moon Within
  420. Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution
  421. Ana on the Edge
  422. Stella Brings the Family
  423. Black Frontiers
  424. On Mother’s Lap
  425. Festival of Colors
  426. Climbing Lincoln’s Steps
  427. The Night Owl, From Dogfish
  428. Boy of the Three-Year Nap
  429. At the Mountain’s Base
  430. We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
  431. The List of Things That Will Not Change
  432. Radiant Child
  433. Henry Aaron’s Dream
  434. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
  435. Grandfather Tang’s Story: A Tale Told with Tangrams
  436. Soldier for Equality
  437. Princess and the Warrior
  438. Hachiko
  439. Bracelet
  440. Dad, Jackie and Me
  441. Storm Called Katrina
  442. Fight for Freedom
  443. Totem Tale
  444. Looking for Bongo
  445. Other Words for Home
  446. Yoko
  447. Molly of Denali: Berry Itchy Day
  448. Four Feet, Two Sandals
  449. Indian No More
  450. Roberto Clemente
  451. My Name is Sally Little Song
  452. Coolies
  453. Garden of My Imaan
  454. Jacob’s New Dress
  455. Born a Crime
  456. Super Scary Stories
  457. The Boy in the Dress
  458. Clap When You Land
  459. Pet
  460. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  461. Worm Loves Worm
  462. Cinderella is Dead
  463. Queer – The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens
  464. Lexicon
  465. The Bad Guys In One
  466. White Privilege
  467. A Phoenix First Must Burn
  468. Felix Ever After
  469. Once and Future
  470. Something Happened in Our Town
  471. Brave
  472. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
  473. Romiette and Julio
  474. Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy, and Toxic Masculinity
  475. Ho’onani: Hula Warrior
  476. Full Disclosure
  477. Trans +
  478. Seeing Gender
  479. Prince & Knight
  480. Red: A Crayon’s Story
  481. Sex: A Book For Teens
  482. Unpregnant
  483. Ask Me How I Got Here
  484. Let’s Talk About Love
  485. Milk and Honey
  486. How to Be An Anti-Racist
  487. YOU: A Novel
  488. Autoboyography
  489. Another Day
  490. Every Day
  491. House of Sky and Breath
  492. Dead End
  493. Exit Here
  494. Dope Sick
  495. Sparkle Boy
  496. All the Bright Places
  497. The Family Book
  498. Being Transgender
  499. Normal People
  500. Birthday
  501. If I was Your Girl
  502. Me and White Supremacy
  503. Embrace
  504. They Both Die at the End
  505. The 57 Bus
  506. Not My Problem
  507. Dress Codes for Small Towns
  508. It’s Not Like It’s a Secret
  509. Rabbit is Rich
  510. Peanut Goes for Gold
  511. Slaughterhouse-Five
  512. The Art of Being Normal
  513. Amari and the Night Brothers- Book 1
  514. What Beauty There Is
  515. The Curse of the Night Witch
  516. Electric Slide and Kai
  517. The Inheritance Games
  518. Cranky Chicken
  519. The Poison Heart
  520. Invasion of the Unicorns
  521. Pixie Pushes On
  522. Scritch Scratch
  523. Milo Imagines the World
  524. J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
  525. Juliet and the Diamond Enigma
  526. What is White Privilege?
  527. Mad About Meatloaf
  528. Star Fish
  529. Carry Me Home
  530. The Littlest Yak
  531. You’d Be Home Now
  532. Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer
  533. The Elephant in the Room
  534. Concealed
  535. The Smartest Kid in the Universe
  536. Rivals
  537. Ten Beautiful Things
  538. The Dark Matter of Mona Starr
  539. Ambitious Girl
  540. My Hero Academia Vigilantes vol. 1
  541. Rethinking Normal
  542. The Lion of Mars
  543. Stella
  544. What if Pig?
  545. I’m a Girl
  546. Mystery on Magnolia Circle
  547. Distress Signal
  548. Measuring Up
  549. The Hunger Heroes: Missed Meal Mayhem
  550. Ivy Lost and Found
  551. Dragon Ops
  552. Lola Benko Treasure Hunter
  553. The Beast and the Bethany
  554. Chester Van Chime Who Forgot to Rhyme
  555. A is for Activist
  556. A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
  557. Heather Has Two Mommies
  558. Words on Fire
  559. The Prison Healer
  560. XOXO
  561. BrainPop – Black Lives Matter Protests
  562. Angel of Greenwood
  563. Strange Planet The Sneaking Hiding
  564. 33 Snowfish
  565. Quintessence
  566. Girl from Nowhere
  567. The Girls I’ve Been
  568. Chez Bob
  569. The Million Dollar Race
  570. Leonard (My Life as a Cat)
  571. House of Hollow
  572. Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom
  573. Mel Fell
  574. Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini
  575. Katie the Catsitter
  576. Hard Wired
  577. The Middle Kid
  578. Someone Builds the Dream
  579. Shadow School Archimancy
  580. Instructions for Dancing
  581. In the Wild Light
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