Books Banned in Idaho

13 banned books

BANNED 78 challenges

It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

by Robie H. Harris

It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris is a comprehensive sex education book for young people. It has been one of the ...

Sexual ContentAge InappropriatenessLGBTQ+ Themes
BANNED 52 challenges

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck's Depression-era novella about two migrant workers, challenged for profanity, racial slurs, and its portr...

ProfanityRacial ContentViolence
BANNED 39 challenges

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's memoir of growing up Black in the Jim Crow South, challenged for its depiction of childhood sexual assaul...

Sexual ContentRacial ContentProfanity
BANNED 22 challenges

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic American novel about wealth, obsession, and the American Dream. Cha...

Sexual ContentProfanityDrug/Alcohol Content
BANNED 15 challenges

l8r, g8r

by Lauren Myracle

The final book in Lauren Myracle's Internet Girls trilogy, told entirely through instant messages as three friends navig...

Sexual Content
BANNED 11 challenges

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell searches New York City for a lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, wh...

Sexual Content
BANNED 10 challenges

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

by Dashka Slater

The true story of two Oakland teenagers: Sasha, a nonbinary teen, and Richard, a Black teen who set Sasha's skirt on fir...

Violence
BANNED 6 challenges

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

by Rob Sanders

A picture book telling the story of Harvey Milk's fight for LGBTQ+ rights and Gilbert Baker's creation of the rainbow fl...

LGBTQ+ Themes
BANNED 4 challenges

City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments Series)

by Cassandra Clare

'City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments Series)...

Sexual Content
BANNED 4 challenges

The Prince and the Dressmaker

by Jen Wang

'The Prince and the Dressmaker...

LGBTQ+ Themes
BANNED 3 challenges

33 Snowfish

by Adam Rapp

A dark, unflinching novel about homeless and runaway teens surviving on society's margins. Following 10-year-old Custis ...

Sexual Content
BANNED 2 challenges

Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices Series)

by Cassandra Clare

'Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices Series)...

Sexual Content
BANNED 2 challenges

Leah on the Offbeat (Simonverse Series)

by Becky Albertalli

'Leah on the Offbeat (Simonverse Series)...

LGBTQ+ Themes