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The lists of books show locations in Chatham City Schools.  These books have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content, some including self harm, suicide, violence, and/or racism. No data base is available to determine whether or not classrooms may contain these books. Therefore, we encourage citizens to ask teachers and administrators if these books are present or being used for instruction of any kind.​

The Chatham County Schools website at one time had instructions for using student IDs to obtain a public library card that would enable students to access ebooks through the public library using an app called Sora. We do not know if parent permission was or is needed to complete this process. We do not know what safeguards are in place to protect children from reading graphic material.

*From the home website, follow directions to obtain a public library card-https://youtu.be/Ae8mrTFczL4 

 

We do our best to keep the lists up to date. If you see a change that needs to be made, please contact us.

CONTROVERSIAL BOOKS

GENDER IDEOLOGIES

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas

Seaforth High School

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah Maas

Seaforth High School

A House of Sky and Breath by Sarah Maas

Seaforth High School

All Boys Aren’t Blue By George Johnson

George Moses Horton Middle School

Chatham Central High

Jordan-Matthews High School

Northwood High School

Seaforth High School

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher

Chatham Central High

Jordan-Matthews High School

Blankets by Craig Thompson

Northwood High School

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

Jordan- Matthews High School

Breathless by Jennifer Niven

Chatham Central High

Seaforth High School

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

George Moses Horton Middle School

J. S. Waters School

Jordan-Matthews High School

Northwood High School

Seaforth High School

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Chatham Central High School

Jordan-Matthews High School

Damsel by Elana Arnold

Chatham Central High

George Moses Horton Middle School

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

Bennett School (electronic)

Bonlee School (electronic)

Chatham Grove Elementary

North Chatham Elementary (Electronic)

Perry Harrison Elementary School

Pittsboro Elementary

Virginia Cross Elementary (Electronic)

George Moses Horton Middle School

J S Waters School (Electronic)

Margaret B Pollard Middle School (Electronic)

Silk Hope School (Electronic)

Seaforth High School

Chatham Middle School  (Electronic)

Jordan- Matthews high School (Electronic)

Moncure School (Electronic)

J S Waters School (Electronic)

Seaforth High School

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia

Jordan-Matthews High School (Spanish)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Foer

Northwood High School

Fly on the Wall by E Lockhart

Chatham Central High

Moncure School

Forever by J Blume

Chatham Central High

Northwood High School

Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Northwood High School

Jordan- Matthews High School

George by Alex Gino

Chatham Middle School

Margaret Pollard School

 

I Am Not Your Perfect  Mexican Daughter

by Erika Sanchez

Bennett School

Bonlee School (Electronic)

Chatham Grove Elementary (Electronic)

Perry Harrison Elementary School

J S Waters School (Electronic)

Pittsboro Elementary (Electronic)

Siler City Elementary (Electronic)

Virginia Cross Elementary (Electronic)

George Moses Horton Middle School (Electronic)

Margaret Pollard Middle School (Electronic)

Silk Hope School (Electronic)

Chatham Central HIgh

Seaforth High School

J S Waters School (Electronic)

Jordan- Matthews High School

Identical by Ellen Hopkins

Chatham Central High

Chatham Center for Innovation

Chatham Middle School

Northwood High School

Jordan-Matthews High School

Jack of Hearts and Other Parts by L C Rosen

Northwood High School

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Bonlee School (electronic)

Chatham Grove Elementary (Electronic)

Perry Harrison Elementary School

Pittsboro Elementary School

Siler City Elementary School (Electronic)

Virginia Cross Elementary (Electronic)

George Moses Horton Middle School (Electronic)

Margaret Pollard Middle School (Electronic)

Silk Hope School (Electronic)

Chatham Central High

J. S. Waters School

Jordan-Matthews High School 

Northwood High School

Seaforth High School

Chatham Middle School (Electronic)

Life is Funny by ER Frank

Jordan-Matthews High School

L8r,G8r by Lauren Myracle

Chatham Central HIgh

Jordan-Matthews High School

Little and Lion byBrandy Colbert

Bennett School (Electronic resource)

Bonlee School (Electronic)

Chatham Middle School

J S Waters School (Electronic)

Moncure School (Electronica)

Perry Harrison Elementary School

Pittsboro Elementary School (Electronic)

Margaret Pollard Middle School (Electronic)

George Moses Horton Middle School (Electronic)

Chatham Central High

Jordan-Matthews High School (Electronic resource)

Seaforth High School

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Bonlee School 

Chatham Central High

Chatham Center for Innovation

George Moses Horton Middle School

Jordan-Matthews High School

Northwood High School

Chatham Middle School

Seaforth High School

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Bennett School (Electronic)

Bonlee School (Electronic)

Chatham Grove Elementary (Electronic)

North Chatham Elementary (Electronic)

Perry Harrison Elementary School

Pittsboro Elementary School (Electronic)

Chatham Middle School

Moncure School (Electronic resource)

Siler City Elementary (Electronic)

Virginia Cross Elementary (Electronic)

George Moses Horton Middle School  (Electronic)

J S Waters School (Electronic)

Margaret Pollard Middle School (Electronic)

Silk Hope School (Electronic)

Jordan-Matthews High School (Electronic)

Seaforth High School (Electronic)

None of the Above by I W Gregorio

Seaforth High School

Real Live Boyfriends by E Lockhart

Margaret Pollard Middle School 

Chatham Central High

Northwood High School

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Northwood High School

Seaforth High School

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Chatham Central High

Jordan-Matthews High School

Speak by Laurie Anderson

Bennett School (Electronic resource)

Bonlee School (Electronic)

Chatham Grove Elementary (Electronic)

Chatham Central High School

Chatham Center for Innovation

Moncure School  (Electronic)

J S Waters School (Electronic)

Margaret Pollard Middle School 

Jordan-Matthews High School

Seaforth High School

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Diary Indian

by Sherman Alexie

Chatham Central High

Chatham Center for Innovation

Jordan-Matthews High School

Northwood High School

Seaforth High School

Chatham Middle School

George Moses Horton Middle School

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

Bennett School (Electronic resource)

Bonlee School (Electronic)

Chatham Grove Elementary (Electronic)

Virginia Cross Elementary (Electronic)

Chatham Central High (Electronic)

Chatham Middle School (Electronic)

Moncure School (Electronic)

Pittsboro Elementary School (Electronic)

Siler City Elementary School (Electronic)

George Moses Horton Middle School (Electronic)

J S Waters School (Electronic resource)

Silk Hope School (Electronic)

Jordan-Matthews High School (Electronic)

Seaforth High School

The Haters by Jesse Andrews

Bennett School (Electronic resource)

Bonlee School (Electronic)

Chatham Grove Elementary (electronic)

Moncure School (Electronic)

North Chatham Elementary (Electronic)

Perry Harrison Elementary School

Pittsboro Elementary School (Electronic)

Siler City Elementary School (Electronic)

Virginia Cross Elementary (Electronic)

Chatham Middle School

George Moses Horton Middle School (Electronic)

J S Waters School (Electronic resource)

Jordan-Matthews School (Electronic resource)

Margaret Pollard Middle School (Electronic)

Silk Hope School (Electronic)

Seaforth High School

The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle

Jordan-Matthews High School

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbomsky

George Moses Horton Middle School

Chatham Central High

Jordan-Matthews High School

Seaforth High School (English and Spanish)

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Bennett School

Bonlee School

Chatham Central High School

Chatham Middle School

George Moses Horton Middle School

Margaret Pollard Middle School 

Jordan-Matthews High School

Northwood High School

This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

Seaforth High School

Jordan- Matthews High School

Ttfn by Lauren Myracle

Chatham Central High School

Jordan-Matthews High School

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Chatham Central High School

Chatham Middle School

Jordan-Matthews High School

What Girls Are Made Of by Elana Arnold

Seaforth High School

When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds

Chatham Central HIgh

Chatham Middle School

George Moses Horton Middle School

J. S. Waters School

Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope by Jodie Patterson

Bennett School

Bonlee School (Electronic)

Chatham Grove Elementary (Electronic)

Chatham Middle School (Electronic)

Moncure School (Electronic)

North Chatham Elementary School (Electronic)

Perry Harrison Elementary School

Pittsboro Elementary School

Siler City Elementary School

J S Waters School 

Silk Hope School (Electronic)

Virginia Cross Elementary (Electronic)

Margaret Pollard Middle School

George Moses Horton High School

Jordan-Matthews High School (Electronic)

Seaforth High School (Electronic)

Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

Bonlee School

Chatham Grove Elementary

Siler City Elementary

Silk Hope School

Virginia Cross Elementary School

It Feels Good to be Yourself by Theresa Thorn

Bennett School

Bonlee School

Chatham Grove Elementary

Pittsboro Elementary School

George Moses Horton Middle School

J S Waters School

North Chatham School

Pittsboro Elementary

Siler City Elementary

Silk Hope School

Virginia Cross Elementary School 

When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

Chatham Grove Elementary

George Moses Horton Middle School

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