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Burke County Public Schools

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.  

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

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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.

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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

Freedom High School

 

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

 

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

Freedom High School

Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman

Draughn High School

Robert L Patton High School

 

Chosen by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

East Burke Middle School

Hallyburton Academy

Liberty Middle School

East Burke High School

Freedom High School

Clockwork Princess  by Cassandra Clare

Table Rock Middle School
 

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Table Rock Middle

East Burke High School

 

The Duff a novel by Kody Keplinger

East Burke High School

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

 

Fade by Lisa McMann

East Burke Middle School

 

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

The Gift by Danielle Steel

Hallyburton Academy

 

Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Table Rock Middle

 

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow

East Burke High School

Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

East Burke Middle

Freedom High School

Jimmy C Draughn High School

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Draughn High School

Freedom High School (multiple copies)

Robert L Patton High School

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

East Burke High School

 

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis (3 but bad)

Draughn HIgh School

Freedom High School

 

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Freedom High School

 

Identical by Ellen Hopkins

East Burke High School
 

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

 

Life is Funny by ER Frank

Draughn High School

East Burke High School

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

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

East Burke High School (multiple copies)

The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed

East Burke High School

Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood

Draughn High School

Robert L Patton High School

People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins

East Burke High School

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

East Burke HIgh School

Draughn High School

Robert Patton High School

 

Red Hood by Elana Arnold

East Burke High School
 

Rumble by Ellen Hopkins

East Burke High School

Freedom High School

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

East Burke Middle School

Walter Johnson Middle School

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

 

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Draughn High School

East Burke HIgh School

Robert L Patton High School

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Draughn High School

East Burke High School

Freedom High School

Hallyburton Academy

Robert L Patton High School

Speak by Laurie Anderson

East Burke Middle

Draughn High School

East Burke HIgh School (multiple copies)

Freedom High School (class sets)

Hallyburton Academy (class sets)

Robert L Patton High School  (class sets)

Walter Johnson Middle (class sets)
 

Speak:the graphic novel by Laurie Anderson

East Burke High School

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Table Rock Middle School

Walter Johnson Middle School

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

Draughn High School
 

The You I Have Never Known by Ellen Hopkins

Freedom High School

 

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Hallyburton Academy (many copies/ class sets)

Table Rock Middle School (several copies)

East Burke High School (multiple copies)

 

This One Summer  by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

East Burke High School

 

Traffick by Ellen Hopkins

East Burke High School

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

East Burke High School

 

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

East Burke Middle School

Freedom HIgh School

 

Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen

Draughn High School

Freedom High SchoolRobert L Patton High School

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

Draughn High School

Freedom High School

Robert L Patton High School
 

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Table Rock Middle School

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 

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