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The lists of books show locations in New Hanover Schools.  These books have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content 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.

 

​Some districts allow students to sign up to read ebooks using Sora or Libby, as well as other online ebook providers using their school ID. PEP does not know or have access to find out if any safeguards are in place to protect children from reading or seeing graphic material that is inappropriate for their age or grade level. Ask your school administrators if your child's school is providing access to ebooks.  

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

The Content Based Rating System was inspired by  the widely accepted MPA rating system. This rating system is meant to be a quick guide for busy parents who want to know what objectionable material is found between a book's covers. While it is a great tool, it does not meet the standards needed for schools to use for evaluating materials for student use.phs & more.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

Holly Shelter Middle ( YA shelf?)

Ashley High School 3 books and video

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds

Holly Shelter Middle

Roland Grise Middle

Snipes Academy of Arts and Design

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M Johnson

Ashley High

All the Things We do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell

Ashley High School

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Ashley High

New Hanover HIgh

Ask the Passengers by AS King

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High School

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Eugene Ashley High

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Eugene Ashley HIgh School

Calvin by Ronald Ford

Carolina Beach Elementary School

The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Foley

Eugene Ashely High

Clockwork Princess: The Infernal Devices 

by Cassandra Clare (PARENT PERMISSION?)

Holly Shelter Middle

Roland Grise Middle

Ashley HIgh

Closer to Nowhere by Ellen Hopkins

Eaton Elementary

Noble Middle

Trask Middle School

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Holly Shelter Middle 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 3 copies

Roland Grise Middle

Ashley High 3 copies

Hoggard High

Laney High (unclear if 2 copies are still located in library)

New Hanover High

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah Maas

Ashley High School

A Court Of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas

Eugene Ashley High

John T Hoggard High

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah Maas

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High School

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah Maas

Eugene Ashley High School

New Hanover High School

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High School

New Hanover High

Damsel by Elana Arnold

Ashley High School

New Hanover High School

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

Eugene Ashley High

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Alderman Elementary

Bellamy Elementary 7 copies

Blair Elementary 3 copies

Bradley Creek Elementary

Carolina Beach Elementary

Eaton Elementary

Gregory Elementary 2 copies

Murrayville Elementary

Holly Tree Elementary

Masonboro Elementary 2 copies

Ogden Elementary 

Pine Elementary 2 copies

Sunset Park Elementary 7 copies

Sunset Park Elementary

Winter Park Elementary

Holly Shelter Middle 5 copies

Murray Middle 2 copies

Trask Middle 2

Williston Middle

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia

Williston Middle

Ashley HIgh School

Empire of Storms by Sarah Maas

Holly Shelter Middle

Murray Middle

Ashley HIgh 3 copies

Hoggard High

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Holly Shelter Middle

Ashley High

Hoggard HIgh

New Hanover High

Fallout by Ellen Hopkins

Ashley High

New Hanover High

Fly On The Wall by E. Lockhart

Eugene Ashley High

Forever by Judy Blume

Roland- Grise Middle

Ashley High 

New Hanover High

George by Alex Gino

John J Blair Elementary

Ogden Elementary

Porters Neck Elementary

Snipes Academy of Arts and Design Elementary

Holly Shelter Middle

Charles P. Murray Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle

Roland- Grise Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley High

Melissa by Alex Gino (same book as George, but renamed) 

Trask Middle

Williston Middle School

Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Ashley High

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Grown by Tiffany Jackson

Holly Shelter Middle

Ashley High School

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Holly Shelter Middle (YA shelf) 2 copies

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High School

New Hanover High

The Haters by Jesse Andrews

Eugene Ashley High

Heartstopper, Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

Roland- Grise Middle School 2 copies

Holly Shelter Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle 2 copies

Trask Middle 2 copies

Williston Middle School

Heartstopper, Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

Murray Middle 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 4 copies

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

New Hanover High

Heartstopper, Vol 3 by Alice Oseman

Holly Shelter Middle

Murray Middle 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 2 copies

Trask Middle

Williston Middle 2 copies

Eugene Ashley High

New Hanover High

Heartstopper, Vol 4 by Alice Oseman

Roland Grise Middle

Heartstopper, Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

Roland- Grise Middle School 2 copies

Murray Middle School

New Hanover High

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High

New Hanover High School

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Ashley High School

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah Maas

Hoggard High School

I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel

Anderson Elementary

I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 

by Erika L. Sánchez

Holly Shelter Middle (YA shelf?)

Myrtle Grove Middle 3 (one Spanish)

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High School

Myrtle Grove Middle School

New Hanover High School

Identical by Ellen Hopkins

Holly Shelter Middle (parent permission)

Eugene Ashley High

New Hanover High

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Myrtle Grove Middle

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High School

New Hanover High

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

Ashley High School

New Hanover High

Jack, Not Jackie by Erica Silverman

Anderson Elementary

Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres

John T Hoggard High

Eugene Ashley High

Julian is a Mermaid by Jesssica Love

Anderson Elementary

Blair Elementary

Carolina Beach Elementary School

Castle Hayne Elementary

Eaton Elementary School

Forest Hills Global Elementary

Freeman Elementary

Masonboro Elementary

Murrayville Elementary

Snipes Academy of Arts & Design

Wrightsville Beach Elementary

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah Maas

Murray Middle

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

L8r g8r by Lauren Myracle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo

Eugene Ashley High 11 copies

New Hanover High

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Holly Shelter Middle (YA Shelf) 3 copies

Murray Middle

Noble Middle

Roland Grise Middle

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

Long Way Down:the graphic novel by Jason Reynolds

Holly Shelter Middle (YA shelf?)

Myrtle Grove Middle

Murray Middle

Noble Middle YA

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Murray Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle

Roland Grise Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley High 3 copies

Hoggard High 

Laney High

New Hanover High

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Ashley High 2 copies

Hoggard High

Melissa by Alex Gino (same book as George, but renamed) 

Trask Middle

Noble Middle

My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart

Masonboro Elementary

My Rainbow by Trinity Neal

Blair Elementary

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

E A Laney High

New Hanover High

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

Holly Shelter Middle  (YA Shelf- with parent permission)

Ashley High

New Hanover High (no longer showing)

People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins

Hoggard High

Perfect by Ellen Hopkins

Eugene Ashley High

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Roland Grise Middle

Trask Middle  audio

Trask Middle  2 copies

Williston Middle 2 copies

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High School

Push by Sapphire

Eugene Ashley High

The Perks of Being a Flower by Stephen Chbosky

Williston Middle School

Eugene Ashley High

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 

New Hanover High

Rumble by Ellen Hopkins

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Smoke by Ellen Hopkins

Eugene Ashley High School

New Hanover High

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High 2 copies

New Hanover High

Sparkle Boy by Leslea Newman

Masonboro Elementary

Speak by Laurie H Anderson

Gregory Elementary  F and Middle

Holly Shelter Middle audio

Myrtle  Grove Middle 6 book copies- 3 showing lost, + audio

Murray Middle 3 copies

Trask Middle 3-1 showing lost

Roland Grise Middle

Williston Middle YA

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Speak: the graphic novel

Holly Shelter Middle book and audio

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Stamped for Kids by Ibram Kendi

Wrightsville Elementary

Trask Middle School

Teo's Tutu by Maryann Marcias

Carolina Beach Elementary

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Noble Middle 2 copies

Roland Grise Middle

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High 2 copies

New Hanover High

This One Summer: by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki

Charles P Murray Middle

International School at Gregory Middle

Roland-Grise Middle

E A Laney High

Eugene Ashley High

New Hanover High

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

Eugene Ashley High

New Hanover High

Ttfn by Lauren Myracle

Emma B Trask Middle

Eugene Ashley High

New Hanover High

Tower of Dawn by Sarah Maas

Holly Shelter Middle

Murray Middle

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

Laney High School 

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Hoggard High School

The Upside of the Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

We are the Ants by Shaun Hutchinson

Eugene Ashley High School

What Riley Wore by Elana Arnold

Blair Elementary

Freeman Elementary

When I was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds

Murray Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle

Eugene Ashley High School (YA)

New Hanover High

Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel by Gregory Maguire

Eugene Ashley High School

New Hanover High

Worm Loves Worm 

Murrayville Elementary

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