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Where to Find The Girls I’ve Beenįind The Girls I’ve Been at a library near you at It is already the largest number of titles ever challenged at one time. If every school district does half of that – it’s the largest book banning in American history. In just one of them – North East Independent School District, they reviewed over 400 titles on the politician’s list and ended up removing (banning) about 100 of them.

Texas has 1,250 Independent School Districts. Several conservative political action committees with a lot of money have begun lobbying and encouraging people to attend school board meetings where they read aloud selected passages, usually out of context, with the goal of banning these books. In 2021, A Texas Republican released a list of 879 book titles that he felt would make school children feel “guilt, discomfort, or anguish.” Many of the titles on his list cover important moments in black history, sex education, or characters that are LGBTQ. The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe involves a same sex relationship, including a kiss! If this is what you consider worthy of a book ban, your kid has a lot more problems ahead of them than reading about a kiss. She left a statement on her twitter page about the Texas book ban list (see “Book Challenges” below). Tess Sharpe is the author of several Young Adult novels. They have no idea who they’re really holding hostage. The bank robbers may be trouble, but Nora’s something else entirely. #3: Right after they enter the bank, two guys start robbing it. It’s a nightmare that goes from awkward to deadly, because: #2: The morning after Wes finds them kissing, they all have to meet to deposit the fundraiser money they raised at the bank. Even though they’re all friends, Wes didn’t know about her and Iris. #1: Her ex walked in on her with her girlfriend. But she needs to dust off the skills she ditched because she has three problems: But when her mom fell for the mark instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con: escape.įor five years Nora’s been playing at normal. As the daughter of a con-artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother’s protégé.