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Rutherford County Schools

This list of books show locations in Rutherford 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 used in schools 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 student use.

Review complete  3/2026
NEW ADDITIONS POSTED BELOW

Initial review 3/10/2025

Chase High School

The Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (multiple copies) Rated 2 6 out for repairs, 1 lost

 

Beloved by Toni Morrison   Rated 3 REMOVED

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison  Rated 4 out for repairs

Burned by Ellen Hopkins  Rated 3 REMOVED lost

A Child Called It by David Pelzer Rated 3  1 lost 4 out for repairs

A Clockwork Organge by Anthony Burgess Rated 4 lost

Glass by Ellen Hopkins  Rated  3 out for repairs

 

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Rated 3 lost

 

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis Rated  3 lost

 

Identical by Ellen Hopkins  2 copies Rated 4  lost

 

I’ll Give You the Sun by  Jandy Nelson Rated  3 out for repairs

 

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover  Rated 4  REMOVED

 

Looking for Alaska by John Green  2 copies Rated 3 out for repairs

 

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Rated 3 out for repairs

 

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera Rated 3 out for repairs

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Rated 3 out for repairs

 

Native Son by Richard Wright Rated  3 out for repairs

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, 7 copies Rated 4  4 copies lost, 3 out for repairs

 

The Opposite of Innocent by Sonya Sones Rated 3 out for repairs

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky  6 copies Rated 4 4 lost 2 out for repairs

 

Real Live Boyfriends by E. Lockhart  Rated 3  REMOVED

 

Shine by Lauren Myracle  Rated  4 REMOVED

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (multiple copies) Rated 3 4 lost, others out for repairs

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson Rated 3 out for repairs

 

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Rated 4 out for repairs

 

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson  multiple copies Rated 3

3 out for repairs, others lost

 

Speak:the Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson  Rated  3 out for repairs

Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi  lost

 

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 9 copies Rated 3,  2 out for repairs, others lost

 

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli 2 copies Rated 3  out for repairs

 

Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen, two copies Rated 4 out for repairs

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Rated 4 out for repairs

 

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson  Rated 3 out for repairs

 

You by Caroline Kepnes Rated 4 Lost



 

East Rutherford High School

 

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Shernan Alexie Rated 2

America by ER Frank Rated 3

 

Forever by Judy Blume  Rated 4 REMOVED

 

The Freedom Writer's Diary by The Freedom Writers 2 copies Rated 4

 

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Rated 4

 

Identical by Ellen Hopkins two copies Rated 4

 

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins Rated 3

 

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott Rated 4

 

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Rated 3

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Rated 4

 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky multiple copies Rated  4

 

Sold by Patricia McCormick Rated 5

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult  Rated 4

 

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins Rated 4

 

Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen Rated 4 PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION


 

R-S Central High School

Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (2 copies) Rated 3

 

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Rated 2

 

Beloved by Toni Morrison Rated 3

 

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga Rated 4

 

Burned by Ellen Hopkins  Rated 3 REMOVED

A Child Called It by David Pelzer Rated 3

 

Crank by Ellen Hopkins Rated 3

 

Fallout by Ellen Hopkins Rated 3 REMOVED

 

The Gift by Danielle Steel Rated 4

Glass by Ellen Hopkins Rated 3

 

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Rated 3

 

The Hate U Give by Tiffany Jackson Rated 3

 

Identical by Ellen Hopkins Rated 4

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah Maas Rated 4

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Rated 4

 

Looking for Alaska by John Green Rated 3

 

Native Son by Richard Wright Rated 3

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult 6 copies, 2 missing Rated 4

 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Rated 4

 

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater  3 copies Rated 3

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Rated  3 REMOVED

 

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins Rated 4

 

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (multiple copies)Rated 3

 

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins Rated 5

 

Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen, two copies Rated 4

 

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Rated 3


 

Chase Middle School

Drama by Raina Telgemeier multiple copies Rated 2

 

The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas Rated 3

 

Mondays Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson Rated 3

 

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Rated 3 REMOVED

 

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Rated 3


 

East Rutherford Middle

None found


 

RS Middle School

George by Alex Gino Rated 2

Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi

Cliffside Elementary

None found

Ellenboro Elementary

None found

Forest City-Dunbar Elementary

None found

Forest W Hunt Elementary

Drama by Raina Telgemeir Rated 2

Harris Elementary

Drama by Raina Telgemeier Rated 2 REMOVED

Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary  CLOSED

Drama by Raina Telgemeier 2 copies Rated 2

A Good Kind of Trouble By: Lisa Moore Ramee Rated 1 (more appropriate for middle schoolers)

Pinnacle Elementary School

Drama by Raina Telgemeier Rated 2 REMOVED

Rutherfordton Elementary

Drama by   Raina Telgemeier  2 copies Rated 2 OUT FOR REPAIRS


 

Spindale Elementary 

Sunshine Academy

None found

NEW ADDITIONS -3/2026

 

Chase High

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Rated 4

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Rated 3

Another Day by David Levithan Rated 3

Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy by Kelly Jensen Rated 3

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Rated 4

Daisy Jones and the Six by Jenkins Reid Rated 3

The Daughters of the Y's by MT Anderson Rated 3

Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper 4 copies Rated 3

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine  Harris Rated 4

Deadline by Chris Crutcher Rated 3

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Rated 4

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Rated 3

Girl Parts by John Cusick Rated 4

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan Rated 4

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke Rated 3

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard Rated 4

Someone I Used to Know by Patty Blount Rated 3

Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller Rated 4

East Rutherford High

21 Proms by David Levithan Rated 3

Bag of Bones by Stephen King Rated 5

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan Rated 2

Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper Rated 3

Deadline by Chris Crutcher Rated 3

Etched in Sand by Regina Calcaterra Rated 4

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Rated 3

A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines Rated 4

Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke Rated 3

Kendra by Coe Booth Rated 4

The Pact by Jodi Picoult Rated 4

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult Rated 4

Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford Rated 4

Tyrell by Coe Booth NR 

R-S Central High

21 Proms by David Levithan Rated 3

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Rated 3

Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood Rated 3

Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper Rated 3

Deadline by Chris Crutcher Rated 3

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King Rated 5

Eat ,Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Rated 4

Etched in Sand by Regina Calcaterra Rated 4

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Rated 3

A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines Rated 4

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Rated 4

The Pact by Jodi Picoult 2 copies Rated 4

The Porcupine of the Truth by Bill Konigsberg Rated 3

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard Rated 4

Sunrise of the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Rated 3

Chase Middle School

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds  Rated 2

Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper Rated 3

Dear Martin by Nic Stone Rated 2

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Rated 3

Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See

Lush by Natasha Friend Rated 3

Rick by Alex Gino Rated 1

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Rated 3

East Rutherford Middle

None found

R-S Middle School

Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon Draper Rated 3

George by Alex Gino Rated 2

The Other Boy by MG Hennessey Rated 3

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard Rated 4

Stamped by Jason Reynolds Rated 1

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Rated 3

Cliffside Elementary

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Rated 2

A Corner of the Universe by Ann Martin Rated 2

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 3 copies Rated 2

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos Rated

Ellenboro Elementary

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Rated 2

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume Rated 2

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 7 copies Rated 2

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos Rated 2

Harris Elementary

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Rated 2

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume Rated 2

A Corner of the Universe by Ann Martin 3 copies Rated 2

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen  Rated 2

Forest City-Dunbar Elementary

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Rated 2

AreYou There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume Rated 2

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen  2 copies Rated 2

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos Rated 2

Pinnacle Elementary

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko ebook Rated 2

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume 2 copies Rated 2

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 6 copies Rated 2

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos Rated 2

​Rutherford Elementary

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko ebook Rated 2

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume 3 copies Rated 2

A Corner of the Universe by Ann Martin  Rated 2

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Rated 2

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos Rated 2

Spindale Elementary

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko ebook Rated 2

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 2 copies Rated 2

Sunshine Elementary

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume Rated 2

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 2 copies Rated 2

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