Hi! I’m Pecola (she/her) from The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
“Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.” -The Bluest Eye
#3 Most Challenged Title of 2022
My info
- Story released: 1970
- Number of challenges in 2022: 73
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0JkI3F6z-Y
Hadar Busia-Singleton as Pecola in the stage adaptation of The Bluest Eye
I was banned for…
- Depiction of sexual abuse
- EDI content
- Claimed to be sexually explicit
My book is perfect for people that like…
- Books on race
- Historical fiction
- Classic American fiction
- Banned books
Character 4