Book Information
- Book Title: The Bluest Eye
- Book Description: It is the story of eleven year old Pecola Breedlove, a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue eyed children can devastate all others, who prays for her eyes to turn blue, so that she will be beautiful, so people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment.
- Rank on the Most Challenged Books of 2023 List: #6
- Number of Challenges in 2023: 62
- Reasons cited for challenges:
- Rape
- Incest
- Claimed to be sexually explicit
- Equity, diversity, and inclusion content
Source: American Library Association
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