Urbandale Banned Books List

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years...

From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to the critically acclaimed Pet that explores both the importance and cost ...

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever ...

Heartstopper, Book #1 Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, lo...

Heartstopper, Book #2 The second book in the delightfully sweet Heartstopper series, featuring beautiful two-color artwork! Now streaming on Netfli...

Heartstopper, Book #3 The third volume in the poignant and sweet Heartstopper series, featuring beautiful two-color artwork!  Now streaming on Netf...

Heartstopper, Book #4 The fourth volume in the wonderfully sweet Heartstopper series, featuring gorgeous two-color artwork. Now streaming on Netfli...

THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 19 DECEMBER 2023. *This is a delay from the original date of 12 December 2023. He...

A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also becomes a truly great American no...

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. While riding the sub...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and rom-com queen Becky Albertalli comes a buoyant new novel about daring to step out of the shadows and ...

Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root - that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started g...

The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human Is what I'm feeling normal? Is what my body is doing normal? Am I normal? How do I know w...

The unforgettable debut from Stonewall Award Winner Alex Gino. BE WHO YOU ARE. When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George...

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution...

A genre-defying novel from the award-winning author NPR describes as "like [Madeline] L'Engle … glorious." A singular book that explores themes of ...

Now a major motion picture: Love, Simon, starring Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford! William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of t...

Inspired by the Life and Lyrics of David Bowie A starry-eyed ode to self-expression and staying true to yourself, inspired by the life and lyrics o...

A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives Dashka Slater's The 57 Bus, a riveting nonfiction book for teens about race, ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (...

The Hate U Give, Book #1 Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep...

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel beloved by millions of readers the world over. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely frien...

Read the cult-favorite coming-of-age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its...

Adam Silvera reminds us that there's no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose ...