The Nowhere Girls
By Amy Reed
"After Grace learns of a girl who was run out of town for accusing the popular guys at school of gang rape, she convinces her friends Rosina and Erin to help her form an anonymous group of girls, called The Nowhere Girls, to resist the sexist culture at Prescott High. As their group grows in number their movement becomes about more than sex, and transforms the lives of its members, their school, and the entire community," - HELM
Why was this book challenged?
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Reasons: Violence
In 2021 at the Leander Independent School District in Texas sought to remove the Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed from its book club reading lists. Pen America describes this banning effort and the author's appeal to reinstate their books through a fair review process.
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