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Catawba County Schools
The lists of books show locations in Catawba County Schools. These books have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content, some including self harm, suicide, 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.
Bandys High School
Chosen: a house of night novel (P.C. and Kristin Cast)
Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) includes 32 supp, 1 dvd, 3 PRO
Lady Midnight: The Dark Artifices: Book 1 (Cassandra Clare)
Let Me Play: the story of Title IX (Judy Blumenthal)
(Parental guidance encouraged)
Monday’s Not Coming (Tiffany Jackson)
None of the Above (I.W. Gregorio)
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) includes 1 ebook
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut) 1 ebook
Speak (Laurie Anderson) includes 69 supp and 1 dvd
Speak: a graphic novel (Laurie Anderson)
Vampire Academy (Richelle Mead)
Water for Elephants (Sarah Gruen)
Bunker Hill High School
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian (Sherman Alexie) multiple copies
All American Boys (Jason Reynolds)
Beloved (Toni Morrison) includes 4 supp
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison) includes 34 supp
A Child Called "It" (David Pelzer)
Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Foer)
Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell) multiple copies
The Freedom Writers Diary (The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) includes 1 supp
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas) multiple copies
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi) multiple copies
I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Erika Sanchez)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) includes 15 supp
Lady Midnight: The Dark Artifices: Book 1 (Cassandra Clare)
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Native Son (Richard Wright) multiple copies
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo)
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline) multiple copies
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) multiple copies
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut) includes 1 e-guide
Speak (Laurie Anderson) includes 21 supp
Catawba Rosenwald Education Center (High School)
Unable to access using Follett
Challenger Early College (High School)
Unable to access using Follett
Fred T. Foard High School
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
All the Things We Do in the Dark (Saundra Mitchell)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
Chosen: a house of night novel (P.C. and Kristin Cast)
Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare)
Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Foer)
The Freedom Writers Diary (The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell)/Teacher Guide
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale: the graphic novel (Margaret Atwood; adapted by Renee Rault)
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
Infinite Moment of Us (Lauren Myracle)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Lady Midnight: The Dark Artifices: Book 1 (Cassandra Clare)
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (Mariko Tamaki)
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Monday’s Not Coming (Tiffany Jackson)
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) includes I e-book
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Speak (Laurie Anderson) includes 38 supp
Speak: a graphic novel (Laurie Anderson
The Sun and Her Flowers (Rupi Kaur)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
The Wintergirls (Laurie Anderson)
Maiden High School
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian (Sherman Alexie) multiple copies
All American Boys (Jason Reynolds) multiple copies
All the Things We Do in the Dark (Saundra Mitchell)
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
Ask the Passengers (A.S. King)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison) 34 supp
Burned (Ellen Hopkins) multiple copies
A Child Called "It" (David Pelzer)
Chosen: a house of night novel (P.C. and Kristin Cast)
Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah Maas)
Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)
The Freedom Writers Diary (The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell) multiple copies
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
Jesus Land: a memoir (Julia Scheeres) multiple copies
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) includes 8 supp
Let Me Play: the story of Title IX (Judy Blumenthal)
(Parental guidance encouraged)
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold) multiple copies
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Jesse Andrews)
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) multiple copies/ 1 e-book
Speak (Laurie Anderson) multiple copies and 95 supp
Speak: a graphic novel (Laurie Anderson)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher) multiple copies
Vampire Academy (Richelle Mead)
Water for Elephants (Sarah Gruen)
When I was the Greatest (Jason Reynolds)
The Wintergirls (Laurie Anderson) multiple copies and 1 Spanish
St Stephens High School
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian (Sherman Alexie) includes 7 supp
All American Boys (Jason Reynolds) includes 7 supp
All Boys Aren’t Blue (George Johnson)
All the Things We Do in the Dark (Saundra Mitchell)
Beloved (Toni Morrison) includes 33 supp
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison) 20 supp
The Carnival at Bray (Jessie Ann Foley)
A Child Called "It" (David Pelzer) 1 lost
A Clash of Kings (George Martin)
Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare) multiple copies
Cool for the Summer (Dahlia Adler)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah Maas) coloring book
Darius the Great Deserves Better (Adib Khorram)
The Duff (Kody Keplinger) includes 1 dvd
Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Foer)
Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell) multiple copies
The 57 Bus (Dashka Slater) includes 4 supp
Forever for a Year (B.T.Gottfred)
The Freedom Writers Diary (The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell) multiple copies and 6 supp
A Game of Thrones (George Martin) multiple copies
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) includes 36 supp
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas) multiple copies, 8 supp, 1 dvd, 1 audio, 1 Spanish
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi) includes 4 supp
I am not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Erika Sanchez) multiple copies and 1 Spanish
If I was Your Girl (Meredith Russo)
I’ll Give You the Sun (Jandy Nelson) multiple copies and 1 supp
The Infinite Moment of Us (Lauren Myracle)
Juliet Takes a Breath (Gabby Rivera)
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) includes 43 supp and 1 dvd
Lady Midnight: The Dark Artifices: Book 1 (Cassandra Clare)
Let Me Play: the story of Title IX (Judy Blumenthal)
(Parental guidance encouraged)
Let’s Talk About Love (Claire Kann)
Like a Love Story (Abdi Nazemian)
Little & Lion (Brandy Colbert)
Looking for Alaska (John Green) multiple copies
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Jesse Andrews)
Monday’s Not Coming (Tiffany Jackson) multiple copies
More Happy Than Not (Adam Silvera)
The Nerdy and the Dirty (B.T.Gottfred)
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult) 5 supp
None of the Above (I.W.Gregorio)
The Passing Playbook (Issack Fitzsimmons)
People Kill People (Ellen Hopkins)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky) multiple copies, 1 dvd, 1 Spanish
The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo)
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline) includes 9 supp and 1 dvd
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) includes 1 e-book
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut) multiple copies and 1 e-book
Sold (Patricia McCormick) includes 3 supp and 1 e-book
Speak (Laurie Anderson) includes 12 supp
Speak: a graphic novel (Laurie Anderson)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You (Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi) includes 1 Spanish
Storm and Fury: Harbinger Book 1 (Jennifer Armentrout)
The Sun and Her Flowers (Rupi Kaur)
This One Summer (Mariko Tamaki)
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher) multiple copies and 2 Spanish
The Truth About Alice (Jennifer Mathieu)
Vampire Academy (Richelle Mead)
Water for Elephants (Sarah Gruen) includes 1 dvd
What Girls Are Made Of (Elana Arnold)
When I Was the Greatest (Jason Reynolds)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Gregory Maguire) includes 1 e-book
The Wintergirls (Laurie Anderson) includes 1 Spanish
The Year of the Flood (Atwood Margaret)
Harry M Arndt Middle School
Drama (Raina Telgemeier)
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) includes 1 ebook
Jacobs Fork Middle School
All American Boys (Jason Reynolds)
Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare)
Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)
Lady Midnight: The Dark Artifices: Book 1 (Cassandra Clare)
The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo)
Speak: a graphic novel (Laurie Anderson)
Maiden Middle School
Grown (Tiffany Jackson)
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) ebook
Mill Creek Middle School
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
All American Boys (Jason Reynolds)
Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare)
Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)
The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi)
When I was the Greatest (Jason Reynolds)
The Wintergirls (Laurie Anderson)
River Bend Middle School
Clockwork Princess (Cassandra Clare)
Eleanor & Park (Rainbow Rowell)
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater) multiple copies/1 ebook
Thirteen Reason Why (Jay Asher) multiple copies
The Wintergirls (Laurie Anderson)
Balls Creek Elementary School
Bathe the Cat (Alice McGinty)
Julian is a Mermaid (Jessica Love)
Banoak Elementary School
No inappropriate books found
Blackburn Elementary School
Drama (Raina Telgemeier)
Catawba Elementary School
Bathe the Cat (Alice McGinty)
Julian is a Mermaid (Jessica Love)
Claremont Elementary School
No inappropriate books found
Clyde Campbell Elementary School
No inappropriate books found
Lyle Creek Elementary School
Drama (Raina Telgemeier)
Maiden Elementary School
No inappropriate books found
Mountain View Elementary School
Drama (Raina Telgemeier)
Oxford Elementary School
No inappropriate books found
Sherrills Ford Elementary School
No inappropriate books found
Snow Creek Elementary School
All American Boys (Jason Reynolds)
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress (Christine Baldacchino)
St Stephen’s Elementary School
All American Boys (Jason Reynolds) 1 lost
A Child Called "It" (David Pelzer)
Startown Elementary School
Drama (Raina Telgemeier)
Julian is a Mermaid (Jessica Love)
Tuttle Elementary School
A Child Called "It" (David Pelzer)
Drama (Raina Telgemeier) multiple copies
Web A Murray Elementary School
Drama (Raina Telgemeier)