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The Book of Radical Answers: Real Questions from Real Kids Just Like You

Sonya Renee Taylor

The Book of Radical Answers: Real Questions from Real Kids Just Like You

Sonya Renee Taylor · 2025

Literary fiction

Banned in 1 country

About this book

The go-to guide to growing up, rooted in radical self-love and body empowerment, by the NYT bestselling author of The Body Is Not an Apology. The Book of Radical Answers is a groundbreaking work of non-fiction by author and activist Sonya Renee Taylor that gives honest, empowering and age appropriate answers to real questions from young readers about health, sex, gender, race and justice. Steeped in joy and possibility, Taylor's writing assures kids that, as they mature, life will be fun, complicated, strange and wonderful, and most importantly, that they are amazing and have the ability to thrive with the inherent knowledge of their self-worth.

Censorship history

The Book of Radical Answers: Real Questions from Real Kids Just Like You was banned or restricted in United States in 2025 for its LGBTQ+ themes and positive depiction of queer identity, as well as political content. This case is part of a global pattern in which LGBTQ+ representation in literature faces disproportionate legal and institutional pressure.

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United States2025
LGBTQ+Political

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