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Here is a list of books banned in Florida schools that the °Ä²Ê¿ª½±â€™s Learning for Justice program recommends for reading. The release of the list is part of the National Day of Action: Freedom to Learn event on May 3, 2023.

Picture Books:

• The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones
• Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard
• Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
• And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
• I Am Jazz by Jazz Jennings
• Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Caro le Boston Weatherford 

Middle and Upper Grades:

• The Breakaways by Cathy G. Johnson
• Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Sonja Cherry-Paul (Adapter), Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
• Flamer by Mike Curato
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely 
• All Boys Aren’t Blue  by George M. Johnson
• This Book Is Gay  by Juno Dawson
• Gender Queer: A Memoir  by Maia Kobabe
• The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
• Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman 
• The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood and Renée Nault
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Illustration at top: These are among the 20 banned books that comprise Learning for Justice’s recommended reading for National Day of Action: Freedom to Learn.