Books with Objections in SJCSD
Title | Author | Status |
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A Court of Frost and Starlight | Sarah J Maas | Restricted to high school collections ONLY w/ parent permission and note in Destiny |
A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas | Removed |
A Court of Silver Flames | Sarah Maas | Removed |
A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas | Removed |
A Court of Wings and Ruin | Sarah J. Maas | Removed |
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire | Jennifer L. Armentrout | Quarantined |
All Boy's Aren't Blue | George Matthew Johnson | Removed |
Antiracist Baby | Ibram X. Kendi | Restricted for utilization as guidance material (only) and used with parent permission |
Beautiful Disaster: A Novel | Jamie McGuire | Quarantined |
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out | Susan Kuklin | Removed |
Black Brother, Black Brother | Jewell Parker Rhodes | Retained |
Blankets | Craig Thompson | Removed |
Boy Toy | Barry Lyga | Removed |
Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy, and Toxic Masculinity | Clementine Ford | Retained |
Breakaways | Cathy C. Johnson | Restricted to middle school collections 6th grade & up |
Call Me By Your | Andre Aciman | Removed |
Crank | Ellen Hopkins | Quarantined |
Damsel | Elana K. Arnold | Removed |
Deogratias: A tale from Rwanda | JP Stassen | Quarantined |
Empire of Storms | Sarah Maas | Removed |
Fade | Lisa McMann | Retained |
Felix Ever After | Kacen Callender | Retained for grades 9-12 |
Forever | Judy Blume | Removed |
From Blood and Ash | Jennifer L. Armentrout | Quarantined |
Fun Home | Allison Bechdel | Removed |
Handmaid's Tale- Graphic Novel | Margaret Atwood adapted by Renee Nault | Removed |
Heroine | Mindy McGinnis | Quarantined |
Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi | Quarantined |
Ho'Onani: Hula Warrior | Heather Gale | Retained |
House of Earth and Blood | Sarah J. Maas | Removed |
I am Jazz | Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jenning | Removed |
I Never | Laura Hopper | Removed |
Impulse | Ellen Hopkins | Quarantined |
Identical | Ellen Hopkins | Quarantined |
Infandous | Elana K. Arnold | Removed |
It Ends With Us | Colleen Hoover | Quarantined |
It Feels Good To Be Yourself | Theresa Thorn | Removed |
Juliet Takes a Breath | Gabby Rivera | Quarantined |
Kingdom of Ash | Sarah J. Maas | Quarantined |
L8rG8r | Lauren Myracle | Quarantined |
Last Night at the Telegraph Club | Malinda Lo | Quarantined |
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me | Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell | Quarantined |
Life is Funny | E.R Frank | Quarantined |
Like a Love Story | Abdi Nazemian | Quarantined |
Living Dead Girl | Elizabeth Scott | Quarantined |
Lucky | Alice Sebold | Restricted to 11th grade and up with Destiny note warning of content |
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Jesse Andrews | Removed |
Me and White Supremacy | Layla Saad | Retained |
Milk and Honey | Rupi Kaur | Quarantined |
My Rainbow | DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal | Restricted to 4th grade and up |
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe | Preston Norton | Retained for grades 9-12 |
November 9 | Colleen Hoover | Quarantined |
Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood | Quarantined |
Peanut Goes for the Gold | Jonathan Van Ness | Retained |
People Kill People | Ellen Hopkins | Quarantined |
Perfect | Ellen Hopkins | Quarantined |
PUSH | Sapphire | Removed |
Queer: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens | Kathy Belge, Marke Bieschke | Restricted to 10th grade & up |
Red Hood | Elana K. Arnold | Removed |
Red, White and Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston | Quarantined |
Sex is a Funny Word | Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth | Quarantined |
Shine | Lauren Myracle | Quarantined |
Slaughterhouse Five | Kurt Vonnegut | Quarantined |
Sold | Patricia McCormick | Restricted to 8th grade & up with note in Destiny: "Appropriate for 8th grade only" |
Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson | Quarantined |
The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison | Retained |
The Carnival at Bray | Jessie Ann Foley | Quarantined |
The Freedom Writers Diary | Erin Gruwell | Quarantined |
The Haters | Jesse Andrews | Removed |
The Infinite Moments of Us | Lauren Myracle | Removed |
The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | Removed from library collections - available for classroom instruction in 12th grade only |
The Lovely Bones | Alice Sebold | Quarantined |
The Nerdy and the Dirty | B.T. Gottfred | Quarantined |
The Nowhere Girls | Amy Reed | Removed |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky | Retained |
The Sun and Her Flowers | Rupi Kaur | Quarantined |
Thirteen Reason Why | Jay Asher | Restricted to 8th grade and up- Destiny note regarding content and parent permission for 6th and 7th grades |
This Book is Anti Racist | Tiffany Jewell | Retained |
This One Summer | Mariko Tamaki | Quarantined |
Tilt | Ellen Hopkins | Removed |
Tower of Dawn | Sarah J. Maas | Quarantined |
Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You | Kathryn Gonzales, MBA and Karen Rayne, PhD. | Removed |
Tricks | Ellen Hopkins | Removed |
TTFN | Lauren Myracle | Retained |
TTYL | Lauren Myracle | Retained |
Water for Elephants | Sarah Gruen | Removed |
What Girls Are Made Of | Elana K. Arnold | Quarantined |
When Aidan Became a Brother | Kyle Lukoff | Removed |
White Privilege | M. T. Blakemore | Retained |
Who was Michael Jackson | Megan Stine | Retained |
Yolk | Mary HK Choi | Quarantined |
Key
- Pending – The district has received an objection to this book.
- Quarantined – Resource removed from circulation while awaiting decision
- Retained – Resource remains in circulation without restriction
- Removed – Resource removed from all SJCSD media center/libraries
- Restricted – Resource retained in school collections with listed restrictions
• Pending – The district has received an objection to this book.
• Quarantined – Resource removed from circulation while awaiting decision
• Retained – Resource remains in circulation without restriction
• Removed – Resource removed from all SJCSD media center/libraries
• Restricted – Resource retained in school collections with listed restrictions