Books with Objections in SJCSD
| Title | Author | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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
