Breathless

Jennifer Niven · 2021

Young adultRomance

Banned in 1 country

Jennifer Niven's 2021 novel about Claude Henry, a bookish teenager who spends a summer on a small Georgia island, falls into her first relationship, and experiences her first sexual experiences. A follow-up to Niven's bestselling "All the Bright Places." Almost immediately added to US school ban lists for its frank portrayal of teenage sexuality, making it one of the emblematic titles of the post-2021 wave of American school book removals.