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The Banned Books Campus Tour: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Book Information

  • Book Title: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
  • Book Description: Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
  • Rank on the Most Challenged Books of 2023 List: #7/8 (tie)
  • Number of Challenges in 2023: 56
  • Reasons cited for challenges:
    • Profanity
    • Claimed to be sexually explicit

Source: American Library Association


Read the Ebook Version

The Walker Library has an electronic copy of this book. Follow this link to access the electronic copy of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.