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Colorado

19 distinct titles banned across 1 district

Districts

Elizabeth School District 19 titles

Banned Books

#Pride: Championing LGBTQ Rights #Pride: Championing LGBTQ Rights Beloved Beloved Burned Burned Crank Crank Fallout Fallout Glass Glass Identical Identical Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Melissa (formerly published as GEORGE) Melissa (formerly published as GEORGE) Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Hate U Give The Hate U Give The Kite Runner The Kite Runner The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why
It's Your World - If You Don't Like It, Change It: Activism for Teenagers
Redwood and Ponytail
Smoke
You Should See Me in a Crown

Book Bans in Colorado

Tracking for Colorado currently shows 19 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged, all originating from a single school district. Elizabeth School District accounts for the entirety of the state's recorded activity, with all 19 titles tied to that one district. No other Colorado district appears in the tracked data with a challenge or ban of its own.

A Single-District Pattern

Colorado's profile in this dataset looks different from states where banning activity is spread across dozens of districts. Here, the entire count is concentrated in one district rather than distributed across the state's many school systems. That concentration means the state-level numbers reflect the policies and decisions of a single school board rather than a broader, coordinated trend across Colorado's public schools.

Because the available information doesn't include verified details on statewide legislation or policy specific to Colorado, this page focuses on describing that pattern rather than speculating about its causes. Readers interested in the underlying rationale for the Elizabeth School District's decisions should consult that district's own records and board communications, which are outside the scope of what is tracked here.