Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls

Name: Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls
Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Mary Downing Hahn · 2025

Literary fiction

Banned in 1 country

About this book

Narrated from several different perspectives, tells the story of the 1956 murder of two teenaged girls in suburban Baltimore, Maryland.

Censorship history

Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls was banned or restricted in United States in 2025 for depictions of violence, as well as immorality. This reflects the recurring tension between protecting readers from disturbing content and suppressing honest accounts of human experience.