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Read Banned Books (Kids) Celebrate your freedom to read by reading these books that have
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A day in the life of Marlon Bundo
by Marlon Bundo
When former Vice President Mike Pence's pet rabbit Marlon Bundo and another male bunny fall in love and decide to get married, they encounter opposition from a rule-making stink bug until their animal friends, who embrace individuality, decide to vote on the issue
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A wrinkle in time
by Madeleine L'Engle
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government
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And Tango makes three
by Justin Richardson
This classic story of a nontraditional penguin family describes the bond between male penguins Roy and Silo and the zookeeper who helped them raise a chick.
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Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.
by Judy Blume
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a 12-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
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Drama
by Raina Telgemeier
Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of "Moon Over Mississippi" as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going
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I am Jazz!
by Jessica Herthel
Based on the young co-author's real-life experiences, the story of a transgender child traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spite of male anatomy and the acceptance she finds through a wise doctor who explains her natural transgender status
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G̶e̶o̶r̶g̶e̶ Melissa's story
by Gino, Alex
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, Melissa is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self
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Prince & knight
by Daniel Haack
A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a dragon together
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Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
Jess Aarons gains the strength to cope with unexpected tragedy by going to a secret kingdom in the woods invented by Leslie Burke, a newcomer to his rural Virginia community
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Roll of thunder, hear my cry
by Mildred D Taylor
A Black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand
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Scary stories to tell in the dark
by Alvin Schwartz
Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings
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Sex is a funny word : a book about bodies, feelings, and YOU
by Cory Silverberg
Much more than the "facts of life" or "the birds and the bees," this comic book resource opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their values and beliefs while providing information about boundaries, safety, and joy
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The adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey
When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen
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The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq
by Jeanette Winter
When war comes, Alia Muhammad Baker, the librarian of Basra, fears the library will be destroyed, so she asks government officials for help, but they refuse, which means Alia must take matters into her own hands to protect the books that she loves
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The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963
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