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The lists of books show locations in New Hanover Schools.  These books have sexually inappropriate or confusing gender concepts or content 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 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.

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.phs & more.

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YA indicates a book has been identified as Young Adult and requires different search parameters within the online card catalog.We do not know if it is located in a special area or not.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie.  Rated 2

Holly Shelter Middle YA 

Ashley High School 3 books and video

Hoggard High

Laney High YA 

New Hanover High

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds   Rated 2

Codington Elementary

Holly Shelter Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle

Roland Grise Middle

Snipes Academy of Arts and Design

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

All the Things We do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell. Rated 3

Ashley High School

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson. Rated 3

Ashley High

New Hanover HIgh

Ask the Passengers by AS King  Level 3

Eugene Ashley High School 

Hoggard High School

Beloved by Toni Morrison  Rated 3

Roland- Grise Middle School

Ashley High 3 copies

New Hanover High

Laney High 3 copies

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High

Burned by Ellen Hopkins Rated 3

Eugene Ashley HIgh School

New Hanover High

Calvin by Ronald Ford

Carolina Beach Elementary School

The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Foley Rated 4

Eugene Ashely High

New Hanover High

A Child Called "It" by David Pelzer  Rated 3

Holly Shelter Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle 2 copies

Ashley High School 2 copies

Hoggard High School 2 copies

Laney HIgh School 2 copies

A Clash of Kings by George Martin  Rated 4

Ashley High School

Laney High School

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess  Rated 4

Ashley High

Hoggard High

Laney High

Clockwork Princess: The Infernal Devices   Rated 3

by Cassandra Clare 

Holly Shelter Middle YA 

Roland Grise Middle

Ashley HIgh

Closer to Nowhere by Ellen Hopkins  Rated 2

Eaton Elementary

Noble Middle

Trask Middle School

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas  Rated 3

Holly Shelter Middle 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 3 copies

Roland Grise Middle   

Ashley High 3 copies YA 

Hoggard High 3 copies

Laney High 

New Hanover High

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah Maas Rated 4

Ashley High School

A Court Of Mist and Fury by Sarah Maas  Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High

John T Hoggard High

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah Maas  Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High School

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah Maas. Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High School

New Hanover High School

Crank by Ellen Hopkins  Rated 3

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High School

Laney High YA 

New Hanover High

Damsel by Elana Arnold. Rated 4

Ashley High School

New Hanover High School

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram   Rated 3

Eugene Ashley High

Drama by Raina Telgemeier  Rated 2

Alderman Elementary

Bellamy Elementary 10 copies

Blair Elementary 3 copies

Carolina Beach Elementary

Eaton Elementary

Gregory Elementary 2 copies

Murrayville Elementary

Holly Tree Elementary

Masonboro Elementary 2 copies

Murrayville Elementary 2 copies

Ogden Elementary 

Pine Valley Elementary 2 copies

Sunset Park Elementary 11 copies

Winter Park Elementary SHOWS LOST

Holly Shelter Middle 5 copies

Murray Middle 3 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 2 copies

Noble Middle 3 copies

Trask Middle 4 copies

Williston Middle 2 copies

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia. Rated 3

Williston Middle

Ashley HIgh School

Hoggard High 2 copies

Laney High

Empire of Storms by Sarah Maas. Rated 4

Murray Middle

Ashley High 3 copies

Hoggard High

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer  Rated 3

Ashley High

Hoggard HIgh

New Hanover High

Fallout by Ellen Hopkins.  Rated 3

Ashley High 2 copies

Laney High

New Hanover High

Fight Club by  Chuck Palahniuk  Rated 3

Ashley High

Hoggard High 2 copies

Fly On The Wall by E. Lockhart. NR

Eugene Ashley High

Forever by Judy Blume. Rated 4

Roland- Grise Middle

Ashley High 

New Hanover High

A Game of Thrones by George Martin

Ashley High

Hoggard High

A Game of Thrones graphic nover by George Martin  Rated 4

New Hanover High

George by Alex Gino  Rated 2

John J Blair Elementary

Ogden Elementary

Porters Neck Elementary

Snipes Academy of Arts and Design Elementary

Holly Shelter Middle

Charles P. Murray Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle

Roland- Grise Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley High

Melissa by Alex Gino (same book as George, but renamed) Rated 2

Murray Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle

Trask Middle

Roland- Grise Middle

Williston Middle School

Glass by Ellen Hopkins Rated 3

Ashley High

Laney High YA 

New Hanover High

Grown by Tiffany Jackson. Rated 3

Holly Shelter Middle

Ashley High School

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High School 2 copies

New Hanover High

The Haters by Jesse Andrews Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High

Haunted:a novel by Chuck Palahniuk  Rated 5

Hoggard High School

Heartstopper, Volume 1 by Alice Oseman Rated 2

Gregory Elementary

Roland- Grise Middle School 2 copies

Holly Shelter Middle

Murray Middle 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 2 copies

Trask Middle 2 copies

Williston Middle School

New Hanover High

Heartstopper, Volume 2 by Alice Oseman Rated 2

Holly Shelter Middle

Murray Middle 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 4 copies

Roland Grise Middle 2 copies

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

Ashley High

New Hanover High

Heartstopper, Vol 3 by Alice Oseman Rated 2

Holly Shelter Middle

Murray Middle 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 2 copies

Roland Grise Middle 2 copies

Trask Middle

Williston Middle 2 copies

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Heartstopper, Vol 4 by Alice Oseman Rated 2

Holly Shelter Middle

Murray Middle 2

Myrtle Grove Middle 2

Roland Grise Middle

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Heartstopper, Volume 5 by Alice Oseman  Rated 3

Roland- Grise Middle School 2 copies

Murray Middle School

New Hanover High

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis   Rated 3

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High

New Hanover High School

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Rated 4

Ashley High School

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah Maas Rated 4

Hoggard High School

How Beautiful the Ordinary by Michael Cart  Rated 4

Myrtle Grove Middle

I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel

Anderson Elementary

I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 

by Erika L. Sánchez Rated 3

Holly Shelter Middle (YA shelf?)

Myrtle Grove Middle 3 (one Spanish)

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High School

Myrtle Grove Middle School English and Spanish

Hoggard High 2 copies 1Lost

Ashley High (English and Spanish version)

New Hanover High School English and Spanish

Identical by Ellen Hopkins Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High

Laney High YA 

New Hanover High

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. Rated 3

Myrtle Grove Middle

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High School

New Hanover High

I Never by Laura Hopper  Rated 4

Hoggard High

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins Rated 3

Ashley High School

Laney High YA

New Hanover High

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. Rated 4

Laney High 3 copies

New Hanover High

It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover  Rated 4

Laney High

New Hanover High

Jack, Not Jackie by Erica Silverman

Anderson Elementary

Jesus Land by Julia Scheeres  Rated 4

John T Hoggard High

Eugene Ashley High

Julian is a Mermaid by Jesssica Love

Anderson Elementary

Blair Elementary

Carolina Beach Elementary School

Castle Hayne Elementary

Eaton Elementary School

Forest Hills Global Elementary

Freeman Elementary

Masonboro Elementary

Murrayville Elementary

Snipes Academy of Arts & Design

Wrightsville Beach Elementary

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah Maas Rated 4

Murray Middle

Eugene Ashley High 3

Hoggard High 2

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Rated 4

Ashley High 

Hoggard High

Laney High 

L8r g8r by Lauren Myracle Rated 3

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo Rated 4

New Hanover High

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian. Rated 4

Roland Grise Middle

Ashley High

Hoggard High School

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott  Rated 4

New Hanover High

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Rated 2

Holly Shelter Middle (YA Shelf) 3 copies

Murray Middle

Noble Middle

Roland Grise Middle 2 copies

Trask Middle

Williston Middle 4 copies

Ashley High

Hoggard High

Laney High audio

New Hanover High

Long Way Down:the graphic novel by Jason Reynolds

Holly Shelter Middle (YA shelf?)

Myrtle Grove Middle

Murray Middle

Noble Middle YA

Trask Middle

Williston Middle

Ashley High

Looking for Alaska by John Green. Rated 3

Murray Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle

Roland Grise Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley High 3 copies

Hoggard High 

Laney High

New Hanover High

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews  Rated 3

Ashley High 2 copies

Hoggard High

Laney High YA

Melissa by Alex Gino (same book as George, but renamed) 

See George 

My Shadow is Pink by Scott Stuart

Masonboro Elementary

My Shadow is Purple by Scott Stuart

Masonboro Elementary

My Rainbow by Trinity Neal

Blair Elementary

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult  Rated 4

Ashley HIgh audio book

Hoggard High School

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood  Rated 4

Ashley High

Hoggard​

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Perfect by Ellen Hopkins  Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High

Laney High  YA 

The Perks of Being a Flower by Stephen Chbosky Rated 4

Williston Middle School

Eugene Ashley High 5 copies

Hoggard high

Laney High School  2 copies YA

New Hanover High

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi   Rated 2

Roland Grise Middle

Trask Middle  audio

Trask Middle  2 copies

Williston Middle 2 copies

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High School

 

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Rated 3

Holly Shelter Middle 2 copies

Murray Middle 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 3 copies

Williston Middle

Roland Grise Middle

Ashley High

Hoggard High

Laney High

Push by Sapphire (Now titled Precious). Rated 5

Eugene Ashley High

Laney High

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Rated 4

New Hanover High

 

Rumble by Ellen Hopkins Rated 3

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Rated 3

Holly Shelter Middle 2

Hoggard High

Laney High

New Hanover High

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Rated 4

Ashley High School

Hoggard High School

Laney High

New Hanover High

Smoke by Ellen Hopkins  Rated 3

Eugene Ashley High School

Laney High

New Hanover High

Sold by Patricia McCormick  Rated 5

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High 2 copies

New Hanover High

Sparkle Boy by Leslea Newman

Masonboro Elementary

Speak by Laurie H Anderson. Rated 3

Gregory Elementary  (F and Middle School Only)

Holly Shelter Middle audio

Myrtle  Grove Middle 6 book copies- 3 showing lost, + audio

Murray Middle 3 copies

Trask Middle 3-1 showing lost

Roland Grise Middle

Williston Middle YA

Eugene Ashley High School 3 copies

Hoggard High 3 copies

Laney High YA

New Hanover High

Speak: the graphic novel Rated 3

Holly Shelter Middle book and audio

Eugene Ashley High School

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Speak Video Recording

Ashley High

Hoggard High

Stamped for Kids by Ibram Kendi 

Trask Middle School

Stamped Audiobook

Trask Middle School

Stamped by Jason Reynolds  (the adult version not rated)

Murray Middle School 2 copies

Myrtle Grove Middle 11 copies

Noble Middle School 2 copies

Trask Middle School 2 copies

Williston Middle School 

Ashley High School 11 copies

Hoggard High 2 copies

New Hanover High

A Stolen Life: a memoir by Jaycee Dugard Rated 4

Ashley High

Hoggard High

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur Rated 4

Laney High

Teo's Tutu by Maryann Marcias

Carolina Beach Elementary

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher  Rated 3

Murray Middle

Noble Middle 4 copies

Roland Grise Middle

Williston Middle

Eugene Ashley High School 3 copies

Hoggard High 5 copies

Laney High 3

New Hanover High

This One Summer: by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki. Rated 3

Charles P Murray Middle

International School at Gregory Middle

Roland-Grise Middle 2 copies

E A Laney High

Eugene Ashley High

New Hanover High

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins  Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High

New Hanover High

Ttfn by Lauren Myracle

Emma B Trask Middle

Eugene Ashley High 2 copies

New Hanover High

Tower of Dawn by Sarah Maas Rated 3

Murray Middle

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

Laney High School 

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins Rated 5

Hoggard High School

The Upside of the Unrequited by Becky Albertalli  Rated 3

Eugene Ashley High

Hoggard High

Laney High 

New Hanover High

We are the Ants by Shaun Hutchinson Rated 3

Eugene Ashley High School

Laney High School

What Riley Wore by Elana Arnold

Blair Elementary

When I was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds Rated 2

Holly Shelter Middle

Murray Middle

Myrtle Grove Middle 2 copies

Eugene Ashley High School YA

New Hanover High

Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel by Gregory Maguire Rated 4

Eugene Ashley High School 2 copies

Hoggard High

New Hanover High

Worm Loves Worm 

Murrayville Elementary

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