Growing list of books banned in US schools

Are you there God? Judy Blume's 1970 novel has been read by generations of teenagers.

Is free speech dead in America? More and more books are being banned in American schools. Most of them focus on race and gender.

Glossary

LGBTQ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning and other terms (e.g. non-binary).

Puberty - The time in a person's life when they go through physical and hormonal changes, changing from being a child to being an adult.

Sexuality - A person's identity in terms of who they feel attraction to.

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