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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 2 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
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
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
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
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
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