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OIF Infographic – June – Page 1

OIF (Office for Intellectual Freedom) infographic from American Library Association, page 1 — 'Top Ten Challenged Books of 2017' — green chevron-striped background framing ten ranked book covers and reasons for challenge: 1. Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher — suicide), 2. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie — profanity, sexually explicit), 3. Drama (Raina Telgemeier — LGBT content), 4. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini — sexual violence, religious themes, 'may lead to terrorism'), 5. George (Alex Gino — LGBT content), 6. Sex Is a Funny Word (Cory Silverberg — sex education), 7. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee — violence, racial slurs), 8. The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas — drug use, profanity, 'pervasively vulgar'), 9. And Tango Makes Three (Peter Parnell & Justin Richardson — LGBT content), 10. I Am Jazz (Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings — gender identity); intro notes ALA tracked 354 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2017 of 416 challenged or banned books