Teen Freedom To Read 2026

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Across
  1. 2. "Crooked Kingom" author Leigh ______, who has faced wide-spread book bans
  2. 7. The amount of books targeted by 2025 Alberta school system bans
  3. 8. Who book bans negatively affect?
  4. 9. Memoir graphic novel by Maia Kobabe, one of the most banned books in North America
  5. 10. "Looking for ______", John Green's novel banned for sexual content and drug use
  6. 13. "The ____ U Give" Angie Thomas' novel banned for violence and profanity
  7. 14. "The ______ __ Never After", Stephanie Garber's novel banned for sexual content
Down
  1. 1. The practice of restricting access to specific books by removal, destruction, or punishment.
  2. 3. The act of preventing information from being accessed because it is deemed harmful or offensive
  3. 4. The largest community targeted by recent book bans
  4. 5. "The _____ _____" Holly Black's first novel in a trilogy, banned for sexual content and profanity
  5. 6. "___ Freedom", the right to hold, seek, and receive information and ideas without restriction or censorship
  6. 9. "The Great _____", classic book banned for non-explicit sexual content
  7. 11. The Holocaust graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, banned for profanity
  8. 12. "All This Twisted Glory" author Tahereh ___, banned for sexual content
  9. 15. The amount of Heartstopper novels, not including novellas, that have been challenged.