7 Banned & Challenged YA Coming-of-Age Must-Reads

This year alone, more than 1,900 individual books have been challenged or banned in U.S. public libraries and schools, according to the American Library Association, and among them are a lot of critically acclaimed young adult novels (Source: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/book-ban-data). Check out seven of our favorite banned books, and discover even more here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/bannedbooksweek