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1 | BOOK BANS IN MISSOURI IN RESPONSE TO SB 775 - 2022 | |||||||
2 | The list below includes book bans PEN America has collated in response to the enactment of SB 775 in Missouri, as of November 15, 2022. This list includes books that have been banned permanently from some school district libraries, and books that have been banned for indeterminate periods of review from some schools in some districts. PEN America's definition of school book bans and detailed methodology can be found here. News articles can be found in the third tab below. | |||||||
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4 | Author | Secondary Author(s) | Illustrator(s) | Translator(s) | Title | State | District | Type of Ban |
5 | Moore, Alan | Bolland, Brian | Batman: The Killing Joke | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
6 | Samura, Hiroaki | Blade of the Immortal Omnibus Volume 3 | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
7 | Thompson, Craig | Blankets | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
8 | Saburouta | Citrus Plus Vol. 1 | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
9 | Saburouta | Citrus Plus Vol. 2 | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
10 | Curato, Mike | Flamer | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
11 | Bechdel, Alison | Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
12 | Kobabe, Maia | Gender Queer: A Memoir | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
13 | Small, David | Home After Dark | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
14 | Liu, Marjorie | Takeda, Sana | Monstress (Series) | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
15 | Vonnegut, Kurt | North, Ryan | Monteys, Albert | Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | |
16 | Moore, Alan | Gibbons, Dave | Watchmen | Missouri | Independence School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
17 | Orwell, George | Nesti, Fido | 1984: The Graphic Novel | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
18 | Gaiman, Neil | Russell, P. Craig | Hampton, Scott; Simonson, Walt | American Gods Volume 1: Shadows | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | |
19 | Gaiman, Neil | Russell, P. Craig | Hampton, Scott | American Gods Volume 2: My Ainsel | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | |
20 | Leibovitz, Annie | Annie Leibovitz at Work | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
21 | Tezuka, Osamu | Crime and Punishment | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
22 | Simons, Rae | Zoldak, Joyce | Gender Danger: Survivors of Rape, Human Trafficking and Honor Killings (Survivors: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Circumstances) | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
23 | Bornstein, Kate | Bergman, S. Bear | Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
24 | Becker, Harmony | Himawari House | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
25 | Kaur, Rupi | Milk and Honey | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
26 | Anderson, MT | Rioux, Jo | The Daughters of Ys | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
27 | Atwood, Margaret | Nault, Renee | The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
28 | Gallavotti, Barbara | The Human Body in Action | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
29 | Kaur, Rupi | The Sun and Her Flowers | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
30 | Leibovitz, Annie | Sontag, Susan | Women | Missouri | Kirkwood School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
31 | Rudahl, Sharon | A Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman | Missouri | Lindbergh Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
32 | Abraham, Daniel | Martin, George RR | Patterson, Tommy | A Game of Thrones (The Graphic Novel, Multiple Volumes) | Missouri | Lindbergh Schools | Banned from Libraries | |
33 | Kirkman, Robert | Moore, Tony; Adlard, Charlie; Rathburn, Cliff | The Walking Dead (Multiple Volumes) | Missouri | Lindbergh Schools | Banned from Libraries | ||
34 | The Nib | Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire | Missouri | Mehlville School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
35 | Curato, Mike | Flamer | Missouri | Mehlville School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
36 | Kobabe, Maia | Gender Queer: A Memoir | Missouri | Mehlville School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
37 | Atwood, Margaret | Nault, Renee | The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel | Missouri | Mehlville School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
38 | Moore, Alan | Gibbons, Dave | Watchmen | Missouri | Mehlville School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
39 | The Nib | Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire | Missouri | North Kansas City Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
40 | Curato, Mike | Flamer | Missouri | North Kansas City Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
41 | Small, David | Home After Dark: A Novel | Missouri | North Kansas City Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
42 | Atwood, Margaret | Nault, Renee | The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel | Missouri | North Kansas City Schools | Banned from Libraries | ||
43 | Kaur, Rupi | The Sun and Her Flowers | Missouri | North Kansas City Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
44 | Dawson, Juno | This Book is Gay | Missouri | North Kansas City Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
45 | Amir | Khalil | Zahra's Paradise | Missouri | North Kansas City Schools | Banned from Libraries | ||
46 | Curato, Mike | Flamer | Missouri | Raytown Quality Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
47 | Green, Katie | Lighter Than My Shadow | Missouri | Raytown Quality Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
48 | Kaur, Rupi | The Sun and Her Flowers | Missouri | Raytown Quality Schools | Banned from Libraries | |||
49 | Spiegelman, Art | The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale | Missouri | Ritenour School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
50 | Murphy, Sean | Hollingsworth, Matt | Batman: White Knight | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | ||
51 | The Nib | Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
52 | Franklin, Tee | St. Onge, Jenn; San, Joy; FT, Genevieve | Bingo Love #1 | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | ||
53 | Ohkubo, Atsushi | Fire Force, Vol. 1 (Fire Force Series) | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
54 | Curato, Mike | Flamer | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
55 | Kobabe, Maia | Gender Queer: A Memoir | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
56 | Winegarner, Andrew | Gilgamesh: A Graphic Novel | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
57 | Small, David | Home After Dark | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
58 | Moen, Erika | Nolan, Matthew | Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel) | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | ||
59 | Green, Katie | Lighter Than My Shadow | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
60 | Radtke, Kristen | Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
61 | Green, Laci | Sex Plus: Learning, Loving, and Enjoying Your Body | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
62 | Ohtaka, Shinobu | Sumomomo, Momomo: The Strongest Bride on Earth, Vol. 1 (Sumomomo, Momomo: The Strongest Bride on Earth Series) | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
63 | Tamaki, Jillian | SuperMutant Magic Academy | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
64 | Buck, Pearl S. | Bertozzi, Nick | The Good Earth (Graphic Adaptation) | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | ||
65 | Atwood, Margaret | Nault, Renee | The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | ||
66 | Gay, Roxane | Oliver, Tracy Lynne; Kirby, Rebecca; Fenner, James | The Sacrifice of Darkness | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | ||
67 | Ferrandez, Jacques | Camus, Albert | Smith, Sandra | The Stranger | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |
68 | Kaur, Rupi | The Sun and Her Flowers | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
69 | Moore, Alan | Gibbons, Dave | Watchmen | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | ||
70 | Chute, Hillary L. | Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | |||
71 | Amir | Khalil | Zahra's Paradise | Missouri | Rockwood School District | Banned from Libraries and Classrooms | ||
72 | The Nib | Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
73 | Vonnegut, Kurt | Breakfast of Champions: A Novel | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
74 | Curato, Mike | Flamer | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
75 | Kobabe, Maia | Gender Queer: A Memoir | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
76 | Small, David | Home After Dark | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
77 | Green, Katie | Lighter Than My Shadow | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
78 | Kaur, Rupi | Milk and Honey | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
79 | Atwood, Margaret | Nault, Renee | The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
80 | Kaur, Rupi | The Sun and Her Flowers | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | |||
81 | Moore, Alan | Gibbons, Dave | Watchmen | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
82 | Amir | Khalil | Zahra's Paradise | Missouri | Webster Groves School District | Banned from Libraries | ||
83 | Gravett, Paul | 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die: The Ultimate Guide to Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Manga | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
84 | Köster, Thomas | Röper, Lars | 50 Artists You Should Know | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | ||
85 | Lowis, Kristina | Pickeral, Tamsin | 50 Paintings You Should Know | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | ||
86 | Kühl, Isabel | Reichold, Klaus | 50 Sculptures You Should Know | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | ||
87 | Weidemann, Christiane | Larass, Petra; Klier, Melanie | 50 Women Artists You Should Know | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | ||
88 | McCarthy, Helen | A Brief History of Manga | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
89 | González, Borja | Douglas, Lee | A Gift for a Ghost | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | ||
90 | Perdew, Laura | A History of Art (Essential Library of Cultural History Series) | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
91 | Leong, Sloane | A Map to the Sun | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
92 | Desjardins, India | Ferrer, Marianne | Ouellet, Solange | A Story about Cancer with a Happy Ending | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |
93 | Willett, Frank | African Art: An Introduction | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
94 | Moore, Alan | Alan Moore's America's Best Comics | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
95 | Homer | Mucci, Tim | Caldwell, Ben; Tenderini, Emanuel; Lacy, Rick | All-Action Classics No. 3: The Odyssey | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |
96 | Morgan, Richard K. | Wilson, Scott Bryan | Fuchs, Max | Altered Carbon: One Life, One Death (Altered Carbon Series) | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |
97 | Hazlewood, Robin | An Introduction to Drawing: An Artist's Guide to Skills & Techniques | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
98 | Smith, Ray | An Introduction to Oil Painting | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
99 | Smith, Ray | An Introduction to Watercolor | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation | |||
100 | Greenough, Sarah | Gurbo, Robert; Kennel, Sarah | André Kertész | Missouri | Wentzville School District | Banned Pending Investigation |