Like several Republican-led states, Indiana has been home to waves of hotly contested book challenges that have led to dozens of restricted titles and "culture wars" issues taking over local board meetings .

Efforts to ban or reshelve library books have intensified over the past four years in tandem with new state laws that make it easier for community members to challenge certain titles. Many of those who have sought to remove books have done so because they consider the book's content to be age inappropriate.

Organizations, such as PEN America and the American Library Association, have decried book challenges as censorship and say they threaten a community's free expression rights. They also believe such efforts are part of a larger campaign to limit what children can read for ideolo

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