Books Banned in South Carolina
45 banned books
The Chocolate War
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier is a YA novel about a student who refuses to participate in his school's chocolate f...
All American Boys
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely tackles police brutality and racism through two teens' perspective...
Shine
Shine by Lauren Myracle follows a teen girl investigating a hate crime against her gay best friend in a small Southern t...
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic American novel about wealth, obsession, and the American Dream. Cha...
Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is an undercover investigation of low-wage work in America. Challenged for promot...
Like a Love Story
Like a Love Story follows three teenagers in 1989 New York City navigating love, identity, and the AIDS crisis. It has b...
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Nine-year-old Oskar Schell searches New York City for a lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, wh...
The Truth About Alice: A Novel
A small-town story told from four perspectives about how rumors destroy a teenage girl's reputation after she's accused ...
Almost Perfect
Logan, a small-town Missouri football player, falls for Sage, a new girl at school, and struggles with his feelings when...
Dear Martin
After a racially-motivated incident with police, Justyce McAllister starts writing letters to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Gabi Hernandez documents her senior year in a diary as she deals with her father's meth addiction, her best friend's pre...
Lily and Dunkin
Alternating perspectives between Lily, a transgender girl, and Dunkin, a boy with bipolar disorder, as they form an unli...
The Black Flamingo
A coming-of-age novel-in-verse about Michael, a mixed-race gay teen who finds his identity through drag performance at u...
All the Things We Do in the Dark
'All the Things We Do in the Dark...
Ask the Passengers
'Ask the Passengers...
grl2grl
'grl2grl...
Ramona Blue
'Ramona Blue...
The Art of Racing in the Rain
'The Art of Racing in the Rain...
Boy Girl Boy
'Boy Girl Boy...
Clockwork Princess
'Clockwork Princess...
Fade
'Fade...
Felix Ever After
'Felix Ever After...
Half of a Yellow Sun
'Half of a Yellow Sun...
Yolk
'Yolk...
Foul is Fair
'Foul is Fair...
Red at the Bone
'Red at the Bone...
Rumble
'Rumble...
The Freedom Writers Diary
True stories from a Long Beach classroom where 'at-risk' students found their voices through writing, inspired by teache...
A Lesson in Vengeance
'A Lesson in Vengeance...
City of Heavenly Fire
'City of Heavenly Fire...
Collateral
'Collateral...
Cool for the Summer
'Cool for the Summer...
Grit
'Grit...
It Ends With Us
'It Ends With Us...
Julián Is a Mermaid
'Julián Is a Mermaid...
Leah on the Offbeat
'Leah on the Offbeat...
Skin
'Skin...
Black is a Rainbow Color
'Black is a Rainbow Color...
Confess
'Confess...
Hopeless
'Hopeless...
Layla
'Layla...
November 9
'November 9...
The Fixer
'The Fixer...
What Riley Wore
'What Riley Wore...
yolo
'yolo...