Speak
By Laurie Halse Anderson
"A traumatic event near the end of the summers has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school." - HELM
Why was this book challenged?
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Reasons: Sexual Content, Violence, Profanity
According to the American Library Association, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson has been “banned, challenged, and restricted because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint and it was claimed to be biased against male students, and for the novel’s inclusion of rape and profanity."
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