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All Boys Aren't Blue, a memoir for teens and young adults about growing up Black and queer, appeared on many "best books" lists when published in 2020. It's being challenged in some U.S. counties.

The novelist, activist and short story writer explored the lives of the marginalized and the powerless in American life. He was known for his books, Cloudsplitter, Affliction and Continental Drift.

Prince Harry spoke to British and U.S. television to promote his book, "Spare," which has generated incendiary headlines with its details of private emotional turmoil and bitter family resentments.

In 2020, Gender Queer was given a Stonewall Honor and an Alex Award and was headed for a fourth printing. By spring of 2022 it topped the ALA's list of most challenged books.

New Kid won the Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. But the book has been challenged in some school districts for content related to race.

The winner of the ALA Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement has written more than 100 children's books. Her latest, about the pandemic, is called Garvey in the Dark.

When Beyond Magenta hit shelves in 2014, little had been written or said publicly about transgender and nonbinary teens. The book received positive reviews. By 2015, it was being challenged.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to drop their report on Dec. 21. It's a public document, but book publishers are poised to get the report into your hands.

In 2013, Ressa laid out her forward-looking vision for the future of public service journalism to me. Her book traces a humbling, harrowing journey from social media advocate to democracy defender.

For years, Out of Darkness appeared on reading lists as a recommendation for ambitious young readers ready to face disquieting aspects of the American experience. It began facing bans in 2021.