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This list of books show locations in Cumberland County School Libraries. These books have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content. Some books may have violence or horror. No data base is available to determine whether classrooms may or may not contain these books. Therefore, we encourage citizens to inquire of teachers and administrators to verify they are not present or being used for instruction of any kind. Sora, Libby, Overdrive, and other ebook sources are listed on many Cumberland County school media pages. The books they provide are also not reflected in this list. We do our best to keep all 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 school use.

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Douglas Byrd Middle (40 SUP)
Gray’s Creek Middle
Hope Mills Middle
John Griffin Middle
Luther “Nick” Jeralds Middle (27 SUP)
Mac Williams Middle
New Century International Middle
R. Max Abbott Middle
Alger B. Wilkins High
E.E. Smith High
Jack Britt High
South View High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
South View High
Terry Sanford High

All Boy’s Aren’t Blue by George Johnson
Alger B. Wilkins High
Massey Hill Classical High

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
South View High
Westover High

America by ER Frank

Anne Chestnutt Year Round Middle

Douglas Byrd High

Gray’s Creek High School

Massey Hill High

Pine Forest High

Beloved by Toni Morrison
Reid Ross Classical Middle/High
Cape Fear High
Douglas Byrd High
E.E. Smith High
Gray’s Creek High
Jack Britt High
South View High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
Ramsey Street High
Seventy-First High
South View High (27 SUP)
Terry Sanford High

Westover High

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Howard Learning Academy Middle
Reid Ross Classical Middle/High
Cape Fear High
Douglas Byrd High
Gray’s Creek High
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
Reid Ross High
Seventy-First High
South View High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High (30SUP)

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

E E Smith High School

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Massey Hill Classical High

Seventy First High

South View High

Westover HIgh

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah Maas
Gray’s Creek Middle (0 copies showing)
Jack Britt High
South View High
Westover High

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas
Gray’s Creek Middle
Douglas Byrd High
Jack Britt High
Pine Forest High
South View High
Westover High

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah Maas

Gray's Creek High

Jack Britt High

Westover High School

Aristotle and Dante: Discover Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz
Montclair Elementary
Alger B. Wilkins High
Cape Fear High
E.E. Smith High
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
South View High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Jack Britt High
Seventy-First High

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Douglas Byrd High

Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
Seventy-First High 2 copies

South View High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

Damsel by Elana Arnold
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
Terry Sanford High (0 copies showing_

South View High

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Abid Khorram
Jack Britt High
South View High

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia
Gray’s Creek High
Seventy-First High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Douglas Byrd Middle

Mac Williams Middle

Spring Lake Middle

Empire of Storms by Sarah Maas

Hope Mills Middle

Lewis Chapel Middle

Pine Forest Middle School

R Max Abbott Middle

South View Middle

Gray’s Creek Middle

Gray’s Creek High School

Jack Britt High

Massey Hill Classical High School

Pine Forest High

South View High

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Foer
Douglas Byrd High
Massey Hill Classical High
South View High (38 SUP copies)

Fallout by Ellen Hopkins

Douglas Byrd High

Gray’s Creek High School

Massey Hill Classical High School

Pine Forest High School 2 copies

Terry Sanford High School

Westover High School 2 copies

Wilkins, Alger B. High School

Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything by E. Lockhart
Cape Fear High

Forever: a novel by Judy Blume
E.E. Smith High
Massey Hill Classical High
Seventy-First High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

Forever for a Year by B.T. Gottfred
Reid Ross Classical (K-12)

Cumberland County List of Obscene Books/created June 7, 2023

George by Alex Gino
E.E. Miller Elementary
Anne Chestnutt Year-Round Middle
Lewis Chapel Middle
New Century International Middle
Pine Forest Middle
Westover Middle

The Freedom Writer’s Diary by the Freedom Writers

Spring Lake Middle shows lost

Douglas Byrd High

Jack Britt High School

Gray’s Creek High School 2 copies

Spring Lake Middle shows lost

Ramsey Street High

Terry Sanford High 33 copies

The Freedom Writer’s movie  PG 13

Cape Fear High School

Seventy First High

Westover High

George by Alex Gino ( titled later as Melissa)

Anne Chestnutt Year Round Middle

Lewis Chapel Middle (showing lost)

New Century International Middle School

Pine Forest Middle School

Westover Middle School

Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Douglas Byrd High 

Massey Hill Classical HIgh

Pine Forest High 2 copies

Grl2grl by Julie Anne Peters
Westover High

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Cape Fear High School

Douglas Byrd High School 2 copies

Gray’s Creek High

Jack Britt High School

Massey Hill Classical High

Pine Forest High 4 copies

South View HIgh 37 copies

The Handmaid’s Tale: Graphic Novel  by Margaret Atwood

Douglas Byrd High School

Gray’s Creek High

Pine Forest High 4 copies

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.

Anne Chestnutt Year Round Middle 2 copies

Douglas Byrd Middle School 29 copies

Gray’s Creek Middle School  11 copies

Pine Forest Middle 

R Max Abbott Middle

Seventy First Classical Middle School

South View Middle

Westover Middle School

Reid Ross Classical School 5 copies

Jack Britt High

Terry Sanford High

Alger Wilkins High 3 copies

Cape Fear High 

Douglas Byrd High

EE Smith High 3 copies

Gray's Creek High 11 copies

Massey Hill Classical High 3 copies

Pine Forest High 2 copies

Ramsey Street High

South View High 7 copies

Westover High 4 copies

The Haters by Jesse Andrews
Gray’s Creek High
Jack Britt High
Pine Forest High
South View High

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis 

Cape Fear High School

Homegoing by Yassi Gyassi
R. Max Abbott Middle
Massey High Classical High
South View High
Terry Sanford High

Identical by EllenHopkins
Massey Hill Classical High

Seventy First High 3 copies
Terry Sanford High
Westover High 2 copies

Infandous by Elana Arnold

EE Smith High School

The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle

South View High

It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
John Griffin Middle

Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen
South View High

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah Maas

Pine Forest Middle

R Max Abbott Middle

Jack Britt High School

Massey Hill Classical  High

Pine Forest High

The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini
Reid Ross Classical Middle/High) (8 SUP)
Cape Fear High
E.E. Smith High (80, 12 SUP)
Gray’s Creek High (21 SUP,1 curriculum unit, 1 video)
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
Seventy-First High (7)
South View High
Terry Sanford High (7, 32 SUP, 2 videos)
Westover High (32 SUP/teacher guide)

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
E.E. Smith High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High

L8r, G8r by Lauren Myracle
Pine Forest High
Terry Sanford High

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Khan
Alger B. Wilkins High
E.E. Smith High
Pine Forest High
South View High
Alger B. Wilkins High

Lexicon by Max Barry
South View High

Life is Funny by ER Frank

Anne Chestnutt Year Round Middle

Gray’s Creek High School

Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert
Cape Fear High
E.E. Smith High
Gray’s Creek High
Ramsey Street High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
Westover High

Looking for Alaska by John Green
Reid Ross Classical Middle/High
South View Middle
Westover Middle
Cape Fear High
E.E. Smith High
Gray’s Creek High
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
South View High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

Lucky by Alice Sebold
Douglas Byrd High
Gray’s Creek High
Jack Britt High

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Cape Fear High
E.E. Smith High
Gray’s Creek High
Pine Forest High
Ramsey Street High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson

Gray’s Creek Middle

R Max Abbott Middle

Seventy First Classical Middle

Westover Middle

Massey HIll Classical High

Pine Forest High

Ramsey Street High

Seventy First High

South View High

Terry Sanford High

Alger Wilkins High

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
Cape Fear High
Douglas Byrd High
E.E. Smith High
Massey Hill Classical High
Ramsey Street High
Seventy-First High
South View High

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

Anne Chestnutt Year Round Middle School

Cape Fear High School

Douglas Byrd High

EE Smith High

Pine Forest High

Seventy First High

Terry Sanford High

None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
Westover High

Out of Darkness by Ashley Perez
E.E. Smith High
Massey Hill Classical High
Ramsey Street High
South View High
Westover High

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Jack Britt High School

People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins

South View High

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo 2 copies

Douglas Byrd Middle School

Gray’s Creek Middle School

Lewis Chapel Middle School

R Max Abbott Middle

Reid Ross Classical

Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
Massey Hill Classical High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
R. Max Abbott Middle
Cape Fear High
Douglas Byrd High (5,5 SUP, 1 DVD)
Gray’s Creek High
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
Seventy-First High
Westover High

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Douglas Byrd Middle School 2 copies

Push by Sapphire
South View High

Queen of Shadows by Sarah Maas

Lewis Chapel Middle

Pine Forest Middle

Real Live Boyfriend: Yes, Boyfriends by E.Lockhart
Cape Fear High
Gray’s Creek High
Jack Britt High

Cumberland County List of Obscene Books/created June 7, 2023
Westover High

Red Hood by Elana Arnold

Jack Britt High School

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Massey Hill Classical High
South View High

Sex Is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg
Ben Martin Elementary

Shine by Lauren Myracle

Cape Fear High School

Seventy First High School

Terry Sanford High

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Gray’s Creek Middle

Lewis Chapel Middle (showing lost)

Pine Forest Middle 

Seventy First Classical Middle School

South View Middle School

Westover Middle School

Reid Ross Classical 

Sold by Patricia McCormick
Douglas Byrd High (30 SUP)
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
South View High
Terry Sanford High

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Anne Chestnutt Year Round Middle

Hope Mills Middle School

R Max Abbott Middle

Reid Ross Classical School

Seventy First Classical Middle School

South View Middle (may be lost)

Cape Fear HIgh School 2 copies

Douglas Byrd High  possibly 8…several listings

EE Smith High 32 copies, 3 missing

Pine Forest High 58 copies total 73

South View High 43 copies

Terry Sanford High 26 copies, many showing lost

Westover High School 19 copies

South View High (teacher guides)

Speak: the Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson

Westover High School

Splendor by Elana Arnold

Lewis Chapel Middle

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Reid Ross Classical Middle/High
Hope Mills Middle
Reid Ross Classical (grades 6-12)
Seventy-First Classical Middle
South View Middle
Westover Middle
Cape Fear High
Douglas Byrd High
Gray’s Creek High
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
Ramsey Street High
Seventy-First Classical High
Terry Sanford High (31 SUP)

This One Summer by Tamaki Mariko
Brentwood Elementary
Douglas Byrd High
E.E. Smith High
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High

Cumberland County List of Obscene Books/created June 7, 2023
Pine Forest High
Seventy-First High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

Massey Hill Classical High

Terry Sanford High

Westover High

Tower of Dawn by Sarah Maas

Lewis Chapel Middle 2 copies

Pine Forest Middle

R Max Abbott Middle

Douglas Byrd High

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
Massey Hill Classical High
Seventy-First High
Terry Sanford High

Westover HIgh

The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
Cape Fear High
E.E. Smith High
Jack Britt High
Pine Forest High
Ramsey Street High
Seventy-First High
South View High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

ttfn by Lauren Myracle
Massey Hill Classical High
Terry Sanford High

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Hope Mills Middle
Lewis Chapel Middle
Pine Forest Middle
Reid Ross Classical (K-12)
R.Max Abbott Middle
Seventy-First Classical Middle
South View Middle
Cape Fear High
Douglas Byrd High
Gray’s Creek High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
South View High
Terry Sanford High
Westover High

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Spring Lake Middle
Cape Fear High
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
Pine Forest High
South View High

Terry Sanford High
Westover High

What Girls are Made of by Elana Arnold
Pine Forest High

South View High

When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Pine Forest Middle
Cape Fear High
Douglas Byrd High
E.E. Smith High
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High
Ramsey Street High
Seventy-First Classical High
South View High
Westover High

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Mcguire

Massey Hill Classical 

Cape Fear High School

Gray’s Creek High School

Jack Britt High School

GENDER

The Breakaways by Cathy Johnson
John Griffin Middle
Westover Middle

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Jack Britt High
Massey Hill Classical High

Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Brentwood Elementary
Cliffdale Elementary

C. Wayne Collier Elementary 2 copies
J.W. Seabrook Classical Studies Elementary
Lake Rim Elementary 2 copies
Montclair Elementary

Ponderosa Elementary
Reid Ross Classical (K-12)
Rock Fish Elementary

Sherwood Park Elementary
Vanstory Hills Elementary
Walker-Spivey Elementary 0 SHOWING
Warrenwood Elementary  7 copies
William H. Owen Elementary 3 copies
Anne Chestnutt Year Round Middle
Douglas Byrd Middle
Gray’s Creek Middle 2 copies
Hope Mills Middle
John Griffin Middle
Lewis Chapel Middle
Luther “Nick” Jeralds Middle  3 copies
New Century International Middle

Pine Forest Middle
R. Max Abbott Middle 2 copies

Reid Ross Classical Middle/High
Seventy-First Classical Middle 2 copies
South View Middle
Westover Middle
Pine Forest High 0 SHOWING

South View High 

I am Jazz

Ben Martin Elementary

It Feels Good to be Yourself by Theresa Thorn
Westover Middle

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino
Lucile Souders Elementary

Deogratias: a Tale of Rwanda by Jean-Phillipe Staasen
Gray’s Creek Middle
Douglas Byrd High
Jack Britt High
Ramsey Street High
Westover High

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