It’s a graphic memoir that deals with puberty and sexual identity, and includes a few drawings of nude characters and sexual scenarios - images that critics of the book were able to share on social media to stoke a backlash. Several factors made “Gender Queer” a target. In many cases, the titles that have been pulled aren’t mandatory reading but are simply available on library shelves. The American Library Association counted challenges against 1,597 individual books last year, the highest number since the group began tracking book bans 20 years ago.
