Knox County Schools

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  • Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe

    The REVIEW Link below contains GRAPHIC Pictures. The text of Gender Queer is too obscene to print here. BookLooks.org is a resource as well as the Review Button Link Below. Rating 4 - Austin East HS, Karns HS, L&N Stem, West HS.

  • Fun Home, Alison Bechdel

    This book is a Graphic Novel. It contains alternate sexualities; alternate gender ideologies; profanity; alcohol use; suicide commentary; controversial religious commentary; sexual activities; and sexual nudity. Rating 4 - L&N Stem, Austin East HS, Gibbs HS, Central HS.

  • Queer - A Graphic History, Meg-John Barker & Julia Scheele

    This book contains alternate sexualities; alternate gender ideologies; and controversial racial and social commentary. Illustrations of Sex and Bondage. Rating 4 - West HS, Austin East HS.

  • Queer - The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens, Kathy Belge & Marke Bieschke

    Contains information on oral sex, touching and rubbing, anal sex, vaginal sex, Queer Positive Counselors, lists of Queer organizations, and a glossary of terms.

    Pg. 167: Anal Sex. Any kind of penetrating sexual activity involving the anus is typically called anal sex. This can involve penetration with the penis, fingers or a sex toy. Use plenty of lubricant…never insert a finger, toy, or penis into any body part after it’s been in a butthole without thoroughly washing it. “ Gibbs HS

  • Trans + , Kathryn Gonzales & Karen Rayne

    This book contains QR codes to websites for information on Trans surgeries, packing packing penises into underwear, breast binding, tips on Trans sex acts. Articles and more. Rating 5 - Austin East, Karns HS.

  • Doing It! Let's Talk About Sex, Hannah Witton

    Instructs teenagers about gender, sexuality, pornography, and sexual activities.

    Pg 99: ALCOHOL AND SEX, Alcohol lowers your inhibitions and can give you a bit of “Dutch courage,” which in turn can give you the confidence to say what you really want sexually, truly express yourself, and maybe also allow you to try new things. It can be a great tool for helping you explore your sexuality. Rating 4 - Karns HS, HVA.

  • Assassination Classroom Vol 1-12, Yusei Matsui

    The volumes of Assassination Classroom that Gifford Middle School removed from its library each featured images of students wielding guns, explicit sexual content and its alleged promotion of gun violence against teachers. Some volumes may contain more offensive images than others. Rating - 3 - Farragut HS, Carter HS, Gibbs HS Vol 1-21, Halls HS - Vol 1-9 & 11, L&N Stem - Vol 1-4, 6-10, Central HS - Vol 1,3,4 &5, Karns HS -Vol 2, West- HS Vol 6. Click REVIEW for Photos.

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  • Blankets, Craig Thompson

    This book contains GRAPHIC pictures of sexual activities; molestation; nudity; controversial political commentary; and alcohol and drug use. Rating 4 - Carter HS, Bearden HS, Gibbs HS, L&N Stem, Karns HS, Central HS

  • THE Handmaid's Tale: Graphic Novel ,By Margaret Atwood adapted by Renee Nault

    This book contains alcohol use; explicit sexual activities; sexual nudity; mild profanity; explicit violence; and controversial gender ideologies. Rating 4 - Farragut HS, West HS, Fulton HS, Austin East HS, Karns HS, Carter Middle (ebook)

  • This Book Is Gay, Juno Dawson

    This book contains excerpts and illustrations depicting explicit nudity and sexual activities. Rating 4 - South Doyle HS, L&N Stem, South Doyle HS, Austin East HS . Click REVIEW for Illustrations.

  • PUSH, Sapphire

    A heavily sexually abused teenager’s life circumstances change when a new mentor teaches her to read. This book has explicit sexual activities including incest and molestation; sexual nudity; excessive/frequent profanity and derogatory terms; controversial racial commentary; drug use; and violence including self-harm.

    Rating 5 - Carter HS, Fulton HS, Bearden HS, Gibbs HS, L&N Stem, Karns HS.

  • Choke, Chuck Palahniuk

    This book contains aberrant sexual activities including beastiality; obscene sexual activities; explicit sexual nudity; profanity; alcohol and drug use; self-harm; controversial social commentary; and references to abortion. Rating 5 - Carter HS.

  • All Boys Aren't Blue, George M. Johnson

    Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual nudity; sexual activities including sexual assault; alternate gender ideologies; profanity and derogatory terms; alcohol and drug use; and controversial racial commentary. Rating 4 - Fulton HS, L&N Stem, South Doyle HS, West HS, Central HS, Halls HS, Austin East HS, Northwest Middle.

  • Kingdom of Ash, Sarah Maas

    This book contains violence; mild profanity; and explicit sexual activities; sexual nudity.

    Rating 4 - Farragut HS, Halls HS ,Bearden HS, L&N Stem, HVA, South Doyle HS, Carter HS, Gibbs HS, Farragut Middle School, Fulton HS, Karns HS.

  • Empire of Storms, Sarah J. Maas

    This book contains obscene sexual activities; explicit sexual nudity; violence; and profanity.

    Rating 4 - Farragut HS, Karns HS, HVA, South Doyle HS, Farragut Middle, Bearden HS, Fulton HS, L&N Stem, Carter HS.

  • House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J. Maas

    This book contains obscene/explicit sexual activities and sexual nudity; frequent/excessive profanity; graphic violence; and alcohol and drug use. Rating 4- Bearden HS, Carter HS, Karns HS.

  • Lucky, Alice Sebold

    This book contains obscene excerpts involving sexual assault/battery; sexual activities; sexual nudity; profanity; and drug use. Rating 5 -Fulton HS, Central HS, West HS, Karns HS, Carter HS, HVA.

  • The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

    This book contains profanity and derogatory terms; sexual activities including sexual assault and molestation; alcohol use; inflammatory racial and religious commentary references. Rating 4 -Carter HS, Gibbs, HS, Halls HS, Powell HS, L&N Stem, South Doyle HS,Farragut HS, HVA, West HS, Austin East HS, Fulton HS, Karns HS, Bearden HS

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

    Sexual activities including assault and battery; sexual nudity; profanity; violence; alcohol and drug use. Rating 4 - Fulton HS, Carter HS, Gibbs HS, Halls HS, Powell HS,L&N Stem,South Doyle HS, Farragut HS,Central HS,West HS, HVA, Austin East HS

  • Life Is Funny, E.R. Frank

    This book contains sexual activities; beastiality commentary; profanity and derogatory terms. Rating 4 -Central HS, West HS, Karns HS, Fulton HS.

  • Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian

    This book contains sexual activities; alternate sexualities; and profanity. Rating 4 - Farragut HS, Halls HS, Austin East, L&N Stem, Powell HS, HVA, Carter HS, Gibbs HS, Fulton HS, Northwest Middle.

  • The Duff, Kody Klepinger

    This book contains sexual nudity and explicit sexual activities. Rating 4

    Bearden HS

  • Infandous, Elana K. Arnold

    This book has profanity, explicit sexual activities involving minors with adults; and alcohol use. Rating 4 -Powell HS, L&N Stem (online), Farragut HS, West HS, Austin East HS (online), Halls HS

  • Red Hood, Elana Arnold

    This book contains obscene sexual activities; violence; and profanity. Rating 4 - Farragut HS, Halls HS, Powell HS, Fulton HS.

  • What Girls Are Made Of, Elana K. Arnold

    The book contains explicit sexual nudity and sexual activities; controversial religious commentary; and profanity. Rating 4 - Carter HS, Halls HS, West HS, Fulton HS, L&N Stem, Northwest Middle, Central HS, Karns HS, Gibbs HS.

  • Beautiful, Amy Reed

    This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; drug abuse by minors; alcohol use by minors; excessive/frequent profanity; and self-harm including anorexia. Rating 4 - Carter HS.

  • The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold

    This book contains obscene sexual activities; sexual nudity; self-harm involving suicide; reference to hate involving religion; alcohol use; and profanity. Rating 4 - Central HS, Fulton HS, West HS.

  • Jesus Land, Julia Scheeres

    This book contains explicit sexual nudity; and obscene sexual activities including incest; underage alcohol abuse; and profanity. Rating 4 - Central HS, HVA.

  • The Haters, Jesse Andrews

    This book contains obscene sexual activities; sexual commentary; and excessive/frequent profanity. Rating 4 -Powell HS, L&N Stem (online) HVA, Halls HS, Northwest Middle (online) South Doyle HS.

  • The Nerdy and the Dirty, B.T. Gottfred

    This book contains explicit sexual activities including sexual assault; sexual nudity; profanity; controversial religious commentary; violence; drug use; suicide commentary. Rating 4 -Central HS

  • The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood

    This book contains profanity; violence; sexual activities; self-harm including suicide.

    Rating 4 - Farragut HS, West HS, Fulton HS, Austin East HS, Karns HS, Carter Middle (ebook)

  • Lighter Than My Shadow, Katie Green

    This book contains frequent obscene sexual activities including sexual assault; nudity; mild/infrequent profanity; self-harm involving anorexia, cutting, and suicidal ideations. Rating 4 -Bearden HS, Karns HS.

  • Living Dead Girl, Elizabeth Scott

    This book contains sexual activities including sexual assault and battery; sexual nudity; violence including child abuse; suicidal ideation; drug use; and mild/infrequent profanity. Rating 4 - Fulton HS, HVA.

  • Tricks, Ellen Hopkins

    This book contains sexually explicit excerpts involving minors. There are also excerpts containing explicit child rape and abuse; illegal drug abuse; graphic violence; underage alcohol consumption; and adult and child prostitution. Rating 5 - Bearden HS, L&N Stem, Central HS, HVA, Gibbs HS, Fulton HS

  • CRANK, Ellen Hopkins

    Explicit sexual activities; sexual battery; profanity; drug abuse. Rating 4 - Bearden Middle, Farragut Middle, Carter HS, Gibbs HS, Halls HS, L&N Stem, Central HS, Bearden HS, HVA, Fulton HS, South Doyle HS

  • Identical, Ellen Hopkins

    This book contains explicit sexual activities including sexual assault and child molestation; violence including self-harm and suicidal ideations; profanity and derogatory terms; and drug and alcohol abuse. Rating 4 -L&N Stem, Central HS, Bearden HS, HVA, Gibbs HS, Gibbs HS

  • Tilt, Ellen Hopkins

    This book has sexually explicit excerpts involving minors. The book also contains sexual assault, underage drinking, illegal drug abuse, and profanity. Rating 4 -L&N Stem, Central HS, HVA, Gibbs HS, Fulton HS, South Doyle HS.

  • Burned, Ellen Hopkins

    This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; drug and alcohol use and abuse; profanity and derogatory terms; suicidal ideation; and violence including child abuse. Rating 3 - L&N Stem, Central HS, Bearden HS, HVA, Gibbs HS, Fulton HS, South Doyle HS

  • Impulse, Ellen Hopkins

    This book contains violence; sexual nudity; sexual activities; profanity; and illegal drug use. Rating 3 - L&N Stem, Central HS, Bearden HS, HVA,Gibbs HS, Halls HS, Fulton HS.

  • Smoke, Ellen Hopkins

    This book contains sexual activities including sexual assault; sexual nudity; profanity and derogatory terms; alcohol and drug use; and violence including domestic violence and child abuse. Rating 3 -L&N Stem, Central HS, HVA, Gibbs HS, Fulton HS, South Doyle HS

  • Traffick, Ellen Hopkins

    This book contains sexual activities including child prostitution and molestation; sexual nudity; profanity; alcohol and drug use by minors; alternate gender ideologies; and alternate sexualities. Rating 3 -L&N Stem, Central HS, Gibbs HS, Fulton HS

  • Rumble, Ellen Hopkins

    This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; alcohol and drug use; profanity; suicide; and controversial religious commentary. Rating 3 -Central HS, Central HS, Bearden HS, HVA,Gibbs HS, Halls

  • Glass, Ellen Hopkins

    This book contains inexplicit sexual activities; profanity; suicidal ideation; and drug abuse. Rating 3 -Bearden HS, Central HS, HVA, Gibbs HS, Fulton HS, South Doyle HS

  • Beyond Magenta, Susan Kuklin

    This book contains inexplicit sexual activities including pedophilia; alternate sexualities; explicit alternate gender ideologies; profanity and derogatory terms; suicide commentary; hate; and alcohol use by minors. Rating 3 -Powell HS, L&N Stem (online & library) Central HS, Bearden HS, Gibbs HS, HVA, Halls HS, Fulton HS, South Doyle HS, Farragut HS, Farragut Middle

  • Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson

    This book contains sexual activities including inexplicit sexual assault and battery; and profanity. Rating 3 -West Valley MS, Bearden MS, South Doyle HS, Carter Middle, Gibbs Middle.

  • Me and Earl and The Dying Girl, Jesse Andrews

    This book contains inexplicit sexual nudity; sexual activities; and excessive/frequent profanity and derogatory terms. Rating 3 -Carter HS, L&N Stem, South Doyle HS.

  • Flamer, Mike Curato

    This book contains alternate sexualities; sexual activities; sexual nudity; profanity and derogatory terms; violence including self-harm; and controversial religious commentary. Rating 3 - Carter Middle, Fulton HS, West HS, Central HS, Powell HS.

  • We Are The Ants, Shaun Hutchison

    This book contains sexual activities; sexuality; sexual nudity; excessive/frequent profanity; violence; references to suicide; alcohol use; and controversial social commentary.

    Rating 3 - Carter Middle School, South Doyle Middle, Northwest Middle, L& N Stem, South Doyle HS, Powell HS, West HS, Fulton HS, Carter HS, Central HS, Bearden HS, HVA, Halls HS, Farragut HS.

  • Fade, Lisa McMann

    This book contains sexual nudity; sexual activities including rape; profanity; and illegal drug use. Rating 3 - Bearden High School, HVA, Halls HS, Fulton HS, Central HS.

  • Lawn Boy, Jonathan Evison

    This book contains sexual activities including molestation; sexual nudity; racially charged commentary; profanity and derogatory terms; and alcohol and drug use. Rating 3 - Gibbs Middle.

  • Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher

    This book contains suicidal ideations; profanity; sexual nudity; and sexual activities. Rating 3 - Karns Middle, Powell HS, L&N Stem, South Doyle HS, Farragut HS, HVA, Halls HS, Central HS, West HS, Fulton HS, Carter HS, Austin East HS

  • The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold

    This book contains mild profanity; alternate sexualities; sexual activities including sexual assault; sexual nudity; violence; alcohol use; and suicide commentary. Rating 3 - Holston Middle.