What’s on the forbidden list in some Oklahoma schools?

According Index of American PEN School Book BansHere are some of the notable Oklahoma books listed as banned or banned pending investigation in some school districts:

• “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou (Bristow Public Schools, Edmond Public Schools)
• “A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass (Edmond Public Schools)
• “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding (Bristow Public Schools)
• “A Grape in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry (Edmond Public Schools)
• “The Strangers” by SE Hinton (Bristow Public Schools)
• “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Lee Harper (Edmond Public Schools)
• “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck (Bristow Public Schools)
• “The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom” by Corrie Ten Boom (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Eclipse (Twilight Series)” by Stephenie Meyer (Bristow Public Schools)
• “The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein” by Kiersten White (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Bless Me, Ultima” by Rudolfo Anaya (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Speak” by Anderson, Laurie Halse (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Infandous” by Elana K. Arnold (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Whale Talk” by Chris Crutcher (Bristow Public Schools)
• “I Was Here” by Gayle Forman (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Symptoms of Being Human” by Jeff Garvin (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Melissa (George)” by Alex Gino (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Bad for You (Sea Breeze Series)” by Abbi Glines (Bristow Public Schools)
• “In Search of Alaska” by John Green (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Burned (Burned Series)” by Ellen Hopkins (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Crank (Crank Series)” by Ellen Hopkins (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Their Eyes Were Looking at God” by Zora Neale Hurston (Edmond Public Schools)
• “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story (Will Grayson, Will Grayson Series)” by David Levithan (Bristow Public Schools)
• “For Black Girls Like Me” by Mariama J. Lockington (Bristow Public Schools)
• “A Yard of Frost and Starlight” by Sarah J. Maas (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Fairest: Levana’s Story (The Lunar Chronicles Series)” by Marissa Meyer (Bristow Public Schools)
• “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Before I Fall” by Lauren Oliver (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Broken Things” by Lauren Oliver (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Mastiff (Beka Cooper Series)” by Tamora Pierce (Bristow Public Schools)
• “All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds (Bristow Public Schools)
• “House of Furies (House of Furies Series)” by Madeleine Roux (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Between Shades of Grey” by Ruta Sepetys (Bristow Public Schools)
• “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold (Bristow Public Schools)
• “The Way I Was” by Amber Smith (Bristow Public Schools)
• “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas (Bristow Public Schools)
• “Beautiful Girls Suicide Notes” by Lynn Weingarten (Bristow Public Schools)

Books being reviewed at Stillwater Public Schools:

• “The Truth About Alice” by Jennifer Mathieu
• “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews

Books being reviewed in Tulsa Public Schools:

• “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe
• Flamer by Mike Curato