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Gaston County Schools
The list of books show locations in Gaston County Schools. These books have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content, some including self harm, suicide, violence, and/or racism. Some books found in elementary schools may introduce gender concepts and in violation of The Parents Bill of Rights. Some books have a preponderance of profanity and vulgarity. No data base is available to determine whether or not classrooms may contain the books we show. Therefore, we encourage citizens to ask teachers and administrators if these books are present or being used for instruction of any kind. Take note that some books may be listed in elementary, middle, and/or high schools. Some books may be appropriate for older students but are found available in lower grade schools.
Some districts allow students to sign up to read ebooks using Sora, Libby, or NC Kids Digital Library as well as other online ebook providers using their school ID. PEP does not know what what 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 Alexis
York Chester Middle School
Ashbrook High
North Gaston High 2 copies
Stuart Cramer High many copies
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
(Call number is YA)
Belmont Middle School
Bessemer City Middle School 3 copies
Cramerton Middle School
Grier Middle School 2 copies
Holbrook Middle School
Mt Holly Middle School
York Chester Middle
Ashbrook High School
Bessemer City High
Cherryville High
Forestview High
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High
Stuart Cramer High
All Boys Aren’t Blue: a memoir manifesto by George Johnson
Ashbrook High School
East Gaston High School
Forestview High School
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X Kendi
H H Beam Elementary
Belmont Central Elementary
Bessemer City Central Elementary 2 copies
Costner Elementary 2 copies
Ida Rankin Elementary
Kiser Elementary
New Hope Elementary
Pleasant Ridge Elementary
Robinson Elementary
Belmont Central Elementary
Cramerton Middle School
W C Friday Middle
Grier Middle School
Holbrook Middle School
John Chavis Middle School 2 copies
Mt Holly Middle
Southwest Middle
WC Friday Middle School
York Chester Middle
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Bessemer City Middle School
York Chester Middle 2 copies
Mt Holly MIddle School
Ashbrook High
Forestview High
East Gaston High
North Gaston High 3 copies
Ashbrook High School
East Gaston High School
Forestview High School
Stuart Cramer High
The Breakaways by Cathy Johnson
Belmont Middle School
Chosen by PC Cast
WC Friday Middle School
Cherryville High School
Stuart Cramer High School
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Belmont Middle School
John Chavis Middle School
Mt Holly Middle School
Bessemer City High School
Forestview High School
North Gaston High
South Point HIgh School
Stuart Cramer High School
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas (multiple copies)
Bessemer City Middle School multiple copies
Cramerton Middle School
Ashbrook High School (English and Spanish)
Bessemer City High School
Cramerton Middle School
John Chavis Middle School
Mt Holly Middle School
Southwest Middle School
Stanley Middle
East Gaston High
Forestview High School
Highland School of Technology
Hunter Huss High multiple copies
North Gaston High multiple copies
South Point High
Stuart Cramer High 2 copies
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas
Cramerton Middle School
Ashbrook High
Bessemer High School
Cherryville High
North Gaston High
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah Maas
Cramerton Middle
Southwest Middle
Ashbrook High
Bessemer City High
Cherryville High
Forestville High
North Gaston High
Stuart Cramer High
Southwest Middle School 2 copies
Cherryville High School
Forestview High School
North Gaston High School
Bessemer City Central Elementary (multiple copies)
Brookside Elementary
Catawba Heights Elementary multiple copies
Costner Elementary multiple copies
Gardner Park Elementary
Lowell Elementary
Lingerfield Elementary
New Hope Elementary multiple copies
Pleasant Ridge Elementary
Sadler Elementary
Tryon Elementary 2 copies
WA Bess Elementary multiple copies
Bessemer City Middle School
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? By Derick Wilder ; illustrated by K-Fai Steele
Costner Elementary
Mt Holly Middle School
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Belmont Middle School
Cramerton Middle School (YA) Multiple copies
Holbrook Middle
Ellen Outside the Lines by A J Saas
W A Bess Elementary
Stanley Middle School
Empire of Storms by Sarah Maas
Belmont Middle School
Cramerton Middle School
Mt Holly Middle
Southwest Middle
Bessemer City High
Forestview High
Highland School of Technology
Hunter Huss High
South Point High
Cramerton Middle School
East Gaston High
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High
Stuart Cramer High
Cherryville High School
Belmont Middle
Cramerton Middle School
Mt Holly Middle School
Ashbrook High School
East Gaston High
Forestview High
Highland School of Technology 2 copies
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High
South Point High
Stuart Cramer High
John Chavis Middle
Stanley Middle School
Forestview High School
Hunter Huss High School
North Gaston High School 3 copies
Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
Southwest Middle School
Bessemer City High School
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
Ashbrook High
Cherryville High
East Gaston High
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High
South Point High
George by Alex Gino (title changed to Melissa)
Robinson Elementary School
Belmont Middle
Cramerton Middle
Stanley Middle
Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Mt Holly Middle School
Ashbrook High School
Stuart Cramer High School 2 copies
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Belmont Middle School multiple copies
Bessemer City Middle School multiple copies
Cramerton Middle School 2 copies
John Chavis Middle
Grier Middle School multiple copies
Holbrook Middle School
Mt Holly Middle School
Southwest Middle School multiple copies
Stanley Middle School
York Chester Middle
Ashbrook High School multiple copies
Cherryville High School 2 copies
East Gaston High 2 copies
Forestview High School
Highland School of Technology 2 copies
Hunter Huss High multiple copies
North Gaston High multiple copies
South Point High
Stuart Cramer High School multiple copies
Cramerton Middle School
Mt Holly Middle
Ashbrook High School
Forestview High School
HIghland School of Technology
North Gaston High
South Point High School
Southwest Middle School
Forestville High School
Heartstopper Vol 1 by Alice Oseman
Cramerton Middle School
Mt Holly Middle
Stanley Middle School
York Chester Middle
Ashbrook High School
Cherryville High
Forestview High
Hunter Huss High
Heartstopper Vol 2 by Alice Oseman
Cramerton Middle School
Stanley Middle
York Chester Middle (Spanish)
Forestview High
Hunter Huss High School
Heartstopper Vol 3 by Alice Oseman
Cramerton Middle School
Stanley Middle
Forestview High
Hunter Huss High School
North Gaston High
Heartstopper Vol 4 by Alice Oseman
Cramerton Middle School
Stanley Middle
Forestview High
Hunter Huss High
Heartstopper Vol 5 by Alice Oseman
North Gaston High School
Belmont Middle School
Highland School of Technology
Hunter Huss High School
North Gaston High
Mt Holly Middle School
How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
Forestville High School
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
Belmont Middle School
Bessemer City Middle School English and Spanish version
Grier Middle 2 copies
John Chavis Middle (English and Spanish)
Southwest Middle School 4 copies
York Chester Middle
Ashbrook High School 2 copies
Cherryville High 3 copies
East Gaston High 3 copies
Forestview High 4 copies
Highland School of Technology 2 copies
Hunter Huss High multiple copies multiple copies(English and Spanish)
North Gaston HIgh 4 copies (English and Spanish)
South Point High 2 copies
Stuart Cramer High 4 copies (English and Spanish)
Ashbrook High School
Forestview High School 2 copies
Highland School of Technology
North Gaston High multiple copies
South Point High School
Stuart Cramer High School
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Stanley Middle School
Cherryville High
Forestview High School
Highland School of Technology
North Gaston High
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Mt Holly Middle
East Gaston High
Forestview High
Highland School of Technology 2 copies
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High multiple copies
South Point High
Cherryville High School
Forestview High School
North Gaston High School
South Point High School
Stuart Cramer High School
I’m Not a Girl by Maddox Lyons & Jessica Verdi ; illustrated by Dana Simpson
HH Beam Elementary
The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
Cramerton Middle School
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Mt Holly Middle
Bessemer City High School
Cherryville High
East Gaston High 3 copies
Highland School of Technology
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
Mt Holly Middle School
East Gaston High
Jacob’s Room to Choose by Sarah and Ian Hoffman
Woodhill Elementary
Julian at the Wedding by Jessica Love
HH Beam Elementary
Ida Rankin Elementary
Lingerfield Elementary
Pleasant Ridge Elementary
Springfield Elementary
Woodhill Elementary
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
HH Beam Elementary
Ida Rankin Elementary
Lingerfield Elementary 2 copies
Springfield Elementary
Woodhill Elementary
Grier Middle School
York Chester Middle
Mt Holly Middle
Forestview High
North Gaston High
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Mt Holly Middle
Cherryville High School 2 copies
Forestville High
North Gaston High School multiple copies
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
Belmont Middle School
Ashbrook High School
South Point High School
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Bessemer City Middle School
South Point High
Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert
Bessemer City Middle School
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Cramerton Middle School
Mt Holly Middle School
Southwest Middle School
Ashbrook High School
Bessemer City High School
Cherryville High School
East Gaston High
Stuart Cramer High School
WA Bess Elementary
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Mt Holly Middle School 2 copies
Cherryville High 2 copies
East Gaston High
Forestview High
North Gaston High
South Point High
Me and Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrew
Mt Holly Middle School
East Gaston HIgh
Forestview HIgh
Hunter Huss High School
North Gaston High School
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson
Belmont Middle School
Stanley Middle School
York Chester Middle School
Ashbrook High School
Cramerton Middle School
Cherryville High School
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
York Chester Middle School
Cherryville High School
Highland School of Technology
Pleasant Ridge Elementary
My Rainbow by Trinity and DeShanna Neal ; illustrated by Art Twink.
HH Beam Elementary
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
John Chavis Middle
Forestview High
Highland School of Technology
South Point HIgh
Out of Darkness by Perez, Ashley Hope
Bessemer City Middle School
Cherryville High
Hunter Huss High
Stuart Cramer High
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
Forestview High School
North Gaston High School
Bessemer City High School
Forestview High School
Hunter Huss High School
South Point High School
Stuart Cramer High
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Mt Holly Middle School
Ashbrook High School 2 copies
Cherryville High School 2 copies
East Gaston High
Forestview High School 2 copies
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High 2 copies
Stuart Cramer High School
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Bessemer City MIddle School
Ashbrook High School
Forestview High School
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 2 copies
W C Friday Middle
Mt Holly Middle School
Ashbrook High School
Cherryville High School
East Gaston High School 3 copies
Forestview High School
Highland School of Technology 2 copies
Hunter Huss High School
North Gaston High School
South Point High School
Stuart Cramer High School 2 copies
Red, White, And Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (YA)
Cramerton Middle School
Mt Holly Middle
York Chester Middle
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High
Cramerton Middle School
Grier Middle
John Chavis Middle
Mt Holly Middle
W C Friday Middle
York Chester Middle
Ashbrook High
Cherryville High
Forestview High
Highland School of Technology
Holbrook High 2 copies
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High 2 copies
Southpoint High
Stuart Cramer High
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Mt Holly Middle
Southwest Middle School 2 copies
Stanley Middle School
York Chester Middle
Ashbrook High
Cherryville High
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High
South Point High
Stuart Cramer High
Mt Holly Middle
Forestview High School
Bessemer City Middle School
Stanley Middle
Ashbrook High
Cherryville High
East Gaston High
Forestview High
Highland School of Technology
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High
South Point High 3 copies
Stuart Cramer High
Belmont Middle School
Cramerton Middle School
Grier Middle School
York Chester Middle
John Chavis Middle
Ashbrook High School
Cherryville High
Cramer High School multiple copies
East Gaston High multiple copies
Forestville High 3 copies
Highland School of Technology- many copies
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High 4 copies
South Point High
Ashbrook High School
Bessemer City High School
Forestview High School
North Gaston High
South Point High School
Speak: the graphic novel by Laurie Anderson
Southwest Middle 3 copies
Ashbrook High
Bessemer City High School
Hunter Huss High School
North Gaston High
York Chester Middle
Forestview High
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High
Take the Mic by Bethany C Morrow
Cramerton Middle School
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Belmont Middle School 2 copies
Mt Holly Middle School
Hunter Huss High
North Gaston High (English and Spanish) 4 copies
York Chester Middle
This is Our Rainbow by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby
Stanley Middle School
Bessemer City High School
Cherryville High School
Forestview High School
Hunter Huss High School
Hunter Huss High School
North Gaston High
South Point High School
Stuart Cramer High School
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
Bessemer City Central Elementary
Cramerton Middle School
Grier Middle School
Holbrook Middle
John Chavis Middle
North Gaston High
Bessemer City School High School
North Gaston High School
Forestview High School
Bessemer City High School
East Gaston High
Forestview High School
Highland School of Technology
South Point High School
The Upside of the Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
Forestville High School
Hunter Huss High School
North Gaston High
South Point High School
John Chavis Middle
Mt Holly Middle
Ashland High
Bessemer City High
Cherryville High
Forestview High
Highland School of Technology
North Gaston High multiple copies
Stuart W Cramer High
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Cramerton Middle 2 copies
WC Friday Middle
Mt Holly Middle
York Chester Middle
Bessemer City High
Cherryville High
East Gaston High
Forestview High
North Gaston High
South Point High
Wintergirls by Laurie H Anderson
Belmont Middle School
Bessemer City Middle School AUDIO BOOK
Holbrook Middle School
York Chester Middle
Bessemer City High School 4 copies
Cherryville High School
East Gaston High
Forestview High School
Highland School of Technology
Stuart Cramer High School
When Aiden Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff ; illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
Bessemer City Central Elementary
WA Bess Elementary
When I was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
Belmont Middle
Bessemer City Middle School 2 copies
John Chavis Middle
Mt Holly Middle
Southwest Middle 2 copies
York Chester Middle
Ashbrook High
Bessemer City High
East Gaston High 2 copies
Highland School of Technology
North Gaston High
South Point High
Stuart Cramer High School