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Book Sanctuary

These books are all protected as part of our Book Sanctuary. All these titles have been challenged or banned at libraries in North America. By making sure they are available for Innisfil residents, we are protecting your intellectual freedom. Learn more about the Book Sanctuary and why intellectual freedom is an important issue for everyone by following this link: https://www.innisfilidealab.ca/book-sanctuary/

Innisfil Public Library

52 items

  • Challenged for: LGBTQ2IA+ content, sexual content
    Book, 2019[Portland, OR] : Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, [2019] — 306.768092 Kobab
  • Challenged for: teaching critical race theory.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. — J FIC Craft
  • Challenged for: exploring themes of gender-based sexual assault, violence
    Book, 2015Kansas City : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2015] — 819.16 Kaur
  • Challenged for: vulgarity, lack of morality, possible negative effects on youth
    Book, 2007[Toronto] : Penguin Random House Canada Limited, a Penguin Random House company, 2007. — FIC Laure
  • Challenged for: exploring themes of police violence, being Black in the US, code switching
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, [2017] — YA Thoma
  • Maus

    a Survivor's Tale

    Spiegelman, Art
    Challenged for: disturbing imagery, nudity, violence, examples of historical atrocities
    Graphic Novel, 2011New York : Pantheon Books, 2011. — 940.53180922 Spieg -S
  • Challenged for: being anti-religion (Islam)
    Book, 2008New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008. — FIC Rushd
  • Challenged for: LGBTQ2IA+ content
    Book, 2005New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2005] — GRO JP Richa
  • Challenged for: profanity, sexual overtones, being anti-religion (Christianity), LGBTQ2IA+ content
    Book, 2011Toronto : Emblem, 2011. — FIC Atwoo
  • Challenged for: violence
    Book, 2008New York : HarperCollins, 2008. — FIC Gaima
  • Challenged for: profanity, exploring themes of sexual assault and incest
    Book, 1994New York : Modern Library, 1994. — FIC Ellis
  • Challenged for: profanity and explicit language, depictions of sex scenes
    Book, 2021Toronto, ON : Penguin Canada, [2021] — FIC Munro
  • Challenged for: exploring themes of sex, gender, sexuality
    Book, 2015New York : Seven Stories Press, [2015] — J 613.9071 Sil
  • Challenged for: obscenity, sexual content
    Book, 2013New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, [2013] — FIC Hurst
  • Challenged for: profane language
    Book, 2007Toronto : HarperCollins, c2007. — FIC Hill