The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, was published in 1970. Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old ...

PEN America, which did the analysis, said that 60% of the banned titles are aimed at educating young adults about real life—how ... Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, Kurt Vonnegut’s ...