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The lists of books show locations in Burke County Schools. These books have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content, some including self harm, suicide, horror, 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 Ebooks appear in the online card catalog. 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.
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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.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
East Burke High School
And They Lived... by Steven Salvatore
East Burke High School REMOVED
Freedom High School REMOVED
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kristin Cronn Mills
East Burke High School (multiple copies)
Freedom High School
Robert L Patton High School
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
East Burke High School
Freedom High School REMOVED
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
Draughn High School REMOVED
Robert L Patton High School REMOVED
Chosen by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
East Burke Middle School REMOVED
Hallyburton Academy REMOVED
Liberty Middle School REMOVED
East Burke High School
Freedom High School
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Table Rock Middle School
Table Rock Middle REMOVED
East Burke High School REMOVED
The Duff a novel by Kody Keplinger
East Burke High School REMOVED
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
East Burke Middle School
Hallyburton Academy
East Burke High School
Jimmy C Draughn High School (many copies, appears to be class sets)
Empire of Storms by Sarah Maas
East Burke High School REMOVED
East Burke Middle School REMOVED
Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart
Draughn High School
East Burke High School
Freedom High School
Robert L Patton High School
The Freedom Writer's Diary by The Freedom Writers
Draughn High School
East Burke High School
George by Alex Gino (also titled Melissa)
East Burke High School
Hallyburton Academy
Table Rock Middle REMOVED
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
East Burke High School REMOVED
East Burke Middle REMOVED
Freedom High School
Jimmy C Draughn High School
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Draughn High School REMOVED
Freedom High School (multiple copies) REMOVED
Robert L Patton High School REMOVED
East Burke High School REMOVED
Draughn HIgh School
Freedom High School REMOVED
Freedom High School
East Burke High School REMOVED
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
Draughn High School
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
Draughn High School
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Draughn High School
Freedom High School
Draughn High School REMOVED
East Burke High School REMOVED
Looking For Alaska by John Green
Draughn High School
East Burke High School (multiple copies)
Robert L Patton High School
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
East Burke Middle School REMOVED
Hallyburton Academy
Robert L Patton High School
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
East Burke High School
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Hallyburton Academy REMOVED
East Burke High School (multiple copies) REMOVED
East Burke High School REMOVED
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood
Draughn High School REMOVED
Robert L Patton High School REMOVED
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
East Burke High School REMOVED
The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
East Burke HIgh School REMOVED
Draughn High School REMOVED
Robert Patton High School REMOVED
East Burke High School REMOVED
East Burke High School REMOVED
Freedom High School REMOVED
East Burke Middle School
Walter Johnson Middle School 2 copies
Table Rock Middle School
Robert L Patton High School
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
East Burke Middle (multiple copies)
Hallyburton Academy (multiple copie) appears to be class set REMOVED
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Draughn High School
East Burke HIgh School
Robert L Patton High School
Draughn High School REMOVED
East Burke High School REMOVED
Freedom High School REMOVED
Hallyburton Academy REMOVED
Robert L Patton High School REMOVED
East Burke Middle
Draughn High School
East Burke HIgh School (multiple copies)
Freedom High School (class sets)
Hallyburton Academy (class sets)
Liberty Middle
Robert L Patton High School (class sets)
Walter Johnson Middle (class sets) NOW Showing 1 COPY
Speak:the graphic novel by Laurie Anderson
East Burke High School
Table Rock Middle School REMOVED
Walter Johnson Middle School REMOVED
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
Draughn High School REMOVED
The You I Have Never Known by Ellen Hopkins
Freedom High School REMOVED
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Hallyburton Academy (many copies/ class sets) REMOVED
Table Rock Middle School (several copies) REMOVED
East Burke High School (multiple copies)
This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
East Burke High School
East Burke High School REMOVED
East Burke High School REMOVED
East Burke Middle School REMOVED
Freedom HIgh School
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
Draughn High School
Freedom High School REMOVED
Robert L Patton High School REMOVED
When I Was The Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Hallyburton Academy
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Mcguire
Liberty Middle School REMOVED
Draughn High School REMOVED
Freedom High School REMOVED
Robert L Patton High School REMOVED
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Table Rock Middle School REMOVED
11/2023 These titles are no longer showing as located in Burke County Schools
-Haunted
-Crank
-Glass
-Exit Here
-Push
-Red Hood
-The Bluest Eye
-Felix Ever After
-Breathless
-Boy Toy
-The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
-Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
-Empire of Storms
-A Clash of Kings
-A Court of Silver Flames
-A Court of Thorns & Roses
-A Court of Wings & Ruin
-A Court of Frost & Starlight
-Living Dead Girl
-Nowhere Girls
-Identical
-Tricks
-Fallout
-Impulse
-Tilt
-And They Lived
-Call Me by Your Name