Read Banned Books: The Bluest Eye

Paperback book cover with a white background and text in dark blue. The title 'The Bluest Eye' in fancy script occupies most of the cover. Below it appears 'A novel by / Toni Morrison / WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE / WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR'.

Cover of 2007 Vintage International paperback edition. (Source: Publisher website)

Title:	The Bluest Eye
Author:	Toni Morrison
First published:	1970

In this first novel by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, an 11-year old Black girl prays for her eyes to turn blue, so she can be as happy and accepted as the blue-eyed white children she sees seem to be. Her own life has been much more traumatic, with incidents of racism, violence, and rape, with some of the worst trauma inflicted by her own family. The book is narrated in a complex, experimental style.

2022 (Missouri): Overruling the decision of the Wentzville School District's book review committee, the Wentzville school board in January ordered this book removed from its school libraries, with one board member claiming it violated Missouri obscenity law. After widespread outcry, the Board lifted the ban the following month.

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