Banned Book Week

What My Mother Doesn't Know

2012

Banned or challenged for nudity, offensive language, and being sexually explicit.

2011

Challenged for sexism, sexually explict scenes and being unsuited for age group.

2008

Available only to 7th and 8th graders at the Spring Hill (WI) School library after a parent wanted the book, which deals with masturbation, groping, and sexual fantasy, among other themes, to be removed from the library and the accelerated reading program.

2006

Challenged for sexual content and being unsuited to age group.

2005

Challenged at the Bonnette Junior High School in Deer Park (TX) for foul language and references to masturbation.

2004

Removed from the library shelves of the Rosedale Union School District in Bakersfield (CA) because of discomfort with Sones' poem Ice Capades - a teenage girl's description of how her breasts react to cold.

Held at Cabell County Public Library

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