Book Résumés
Book Résumés help teachers, librarians, parents, and community members defend books from censorship. They detail each title’s significance and educational value and are easy to share with administrators, book review committees, elected officials, and board members.
Bookmark this page! Thousands of library books face censorship, so new book résumés are added on a regular basis.
When the Angels Left the Old Country
When the Moon Was Ours
When You Call My Name
Where the Crawdads Sing
White Bird
White Rabbit
Why: A Conversation About Race
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Wide Awake
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Wintergirls
Wishtree
Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick your Ass
Yesterday is History
You Do You: Figuring Out Your Body, Dating, and Sexuality
You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P!
You Know Me Well
You Need to Chill!
Young Queer America: Real Stories and Faces of LGBTQ+ Youth
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Zenobia July
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