It can be difficult to know what to say when defending a book. These "book resumes", created in partnership with the Virginia Library Association and the New Jersey Association of School Libraries provide information on many of the most challenged titles. They include a plot summary, reviews, awards, lists, and some responses to challenges.
- 33 Snowfish by Adam Rapp
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
- A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
- A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines
- A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart by Zetta Elliott
- The Absolutely True Story of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
- Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
- Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) by Louise Rennison
- Anti-Racist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
- An Ordinary Day by Elana K. Arnold
- Are You My Mother by Alison Bechdel
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz
- Ask the Passengers by A.S. King
- Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers
- Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
- Beetle and the Hollow Bones by Eliza Layne
- Being Jazz: My Life as a (transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
- Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
- Blankets by Craig Thompson
- Can I Touch Your Hair by Irene Latham and Charles Waters
- Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
- Crank by Ellen Hopkins
- Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
- Flamer by Mike Curato
- Forever by Judy Blume
- Freak Boy by Kristin Clark
- Fun Home by Martha Hickson
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel) by Margaret Atwood
- The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
- The Haters by Jesse Andrews
- I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
- Infandous by Elana K. Arnold
- The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
- Let's Talk About It by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan
- Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
- Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (series) by Rick Riordan
- Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
- Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
- #Murder Trending by Gretchen McNeil
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
- The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
- Panic by Sharon M. Drape
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders
- Push by Sapphire
- Rick by Alex Gino
- Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression by Iris Gottlieb
- Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverbert
- Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
- This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
- This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
- Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
- Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
- Weird Girl and What's His Name by Meagan Brothers
- What Girls are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold
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