Sexy (novel)

Sexy
First edition
AuthorJoyce Carol Oates
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperCollins
Publication date
February 15, 2005
Publication placeUSA
Media typePrint (Hardback & e-book)
Pages272 pp
ISBN0060541490

Sexy is a novel by Joyce Carol Oates. First published in 2005, it is her fourth book written for young adults. The book's themes of pedophilia, homosexuality, and pre-marital sex, as well as its adult language, have caused it to be the source of attempts to ban the book from school libraries.[1]