10 most frequently challenged books of 2010

7. "What My Mother Doesn't Know," by Sonya Sones

Free verse poetry is worked into the narrative of this story of a ninth-grader and her passionate crushes on the young men in her life. In 2010 it was challenged by readers who found it contained "sexism," "sexually explicit" material, and was "unsuited" to young readers.

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