53 books found in FISD and school libraries across Texas that we believe are one or more of the following:
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(Novel & Graphic Novel excerpts below)
Identical:
Incest rape (father repeatedly rapes young daughter), older sister envies younger sister getting raped by father and wants it too, sexually explicit, drug use, cutting
322 I should have known better than to get pregnant, but I thought maybe it would bring the father and me closer When I told Trevor he said to get an abortion. He wouldn't help pay for it, wouldn't even hold my hand while I waited to do that god-awful thing. I went alone, except for the baby inside me. It may sound odd, but I did love that little blob. Still I made it die. And when I think too hard about it, my insides hurt.
Sex & Violence- Mesrobian
Some Concerns: pervasively vulgar, sex acts between minors, obscene
The Bluest Eye-
Some concerns: rape and molestation of a young girl by her father.A character continuously speaks of his sexual desire of “little girls”.
-Child abuse, Child sexual abuse, Graphic sexual & explicit content, racist language
continued…The Bluest Eye
continued…The Bluest Eye
continued…The Bluest Eye
Love & Sex- Cart
Sexual content & stories, library science catagory fictional “SEX”
Handmaid’s Tale Graphic Novel & written novel- Atwood
Some Concerns: drawings of women being raped, drawing showing sex between adults, obscene, sexually explicit, nude woman fondled by doctor, nudity, adult content
Juliet Takes a Breath- Rivera
Some concerns: adult content, sex scenes, vulgar
Pervasively vulgar
TTFN- Myracle
Some Concerns: sexual content like masturbation is discussed, child sexual relations, normalization of student/teacher (inappropriate) relationships (Mr. H)
Word Counts
Out of Darkness- Perez
Some Concerns: very mature adult content, rape, racial slurs, vulgar, sexually explicit
Pg 68
The graphic child molestation description
"Henry was staring right at her. He grinned. “You thought you fooled me, but I fooled you," he said. "I knew you were awake.” He closed the door behind him and locked it. He had put locks on all the bedroom doors the week before. When Estella asked him why, he said simply, "It's how a house should be." She hadn't protested. Henry came to the side of her bed and pulled back the covers. Naomi sat up quickly and scrambled backward. "Shh," he said. He took one of her hands in his and squeezed it. “Come on over here.” He pulled her to her feet, close to him. He shifted in his pajamas, and the part of him that made him a man stuck out, reddish purple and frightening. She had never seen one before except on a baby. This was different. He lifted her hand to his mouth and licked it. Then he lowered her hand down and closed it around the hardness. His hand moved hers. His left hand gripped her shoulder, pressing her head tight against the hard, flat plane of his stomach. She watched her hand move back and forth like it didn't belong to her. In the distance, she heard the train pass. A moment later, the thing leaped. Henry's whole body shuddered, and a hot mess lay across her palm and between her fingers. Henry wiped himself quickly with a handkerchief. Then, never letting go of her shoulder, he urged her toward the door. “Come on," he said once it was open. He walked her to the bathroom and then guided her hand to the sink. “There,” he said, rinsing her hand and patting it dry. “All better." He walked back to his room like he had merely gone to get a glass of water. In the morning, when her mother asked her what was wrong, Naomi smiled a bright, false smile and said that it was nothing. Henry, sitting across from her at the table, raised his eyebrows at her over the top of his coffee cup and smiled. “She's a good girl, ain't she?” he said. He winked at her as if he were promising to keep her secret rather than commanding her to keep his.
Beyond Magenta- Kuklin
Some concerns: child sex act (as young as 6 years old), racially offensive language, offensive judgemental language towards the gay community-
The Testaments- Atwood
Some Concerns: graphic scenes of child molestation, child sex, mature adult content
The Glass Castle- Walls
Some Concerns- Adult and child molestation & sex. Normalizes pedophilia, racism
(Grandma molests grandchild)...."They’d been gone for a minute or two when I heard Brian weakly protesting. I went into Grandpa’s bedroom and saw Erma kneeling on the floor in front of Brian, grabbing at the crotch of his pants, squeezing and kneading while mumbling to herself and telling Brian to hold still, goddammit. Brian, his cheeks wet with tears, was holding his hands protectively between his legs. “Erma, you leave him alone!” I shouted. Erma, still on her knees, twisted around and glared at me. “Why, you little bitch!” she said. Lori heard the commotion and came running. I told Lori that Erma was touching Brian in a way she ought not to be.” Ch. 33, Pg. 461
“Mom, Uncle Stanley is behaving inappropriately,” I said. “Oh, you’re probably imagining it,” she said. “He groped me! And he’s wanking off!” Mom cocked her head and looked concerned. “Poor Stanley,” she said. “He’s so lonely.” “But it was gross!” Mom asked me if I was okay. I shrugged and nodded. “Well, there you go,” she said. She said that sexual assault was a crime of perception. “If you don’t think you’re hurt, then you aren’t,” she said.” Ch. 41
Looking For Alaska- Green
Some concerns: sex between children, children watching a pornographic video, children discovering how to give oral sex
Real Live Boyfriends- Lockhart
Some concerns:sex between children, sexual acts amongst children, mature adult content, low literary quality & educational value
Notes From the Blender- Cook
Some Concerns: sexual content with children, vulgar, mature adult topics, normalizes pornography addiction, obscene, Drinking, Normalization Sex Sexualization, Suggestive wording, Porn not real, Drugs
The Poet X- Acevedo
Some Concerns: profanity, sexual
activities; sexual nudity,mature content, vulgar, masturbation, obscenity, theme of “coming of age sexualization,” underlying unspoken theme against the family unit.
Drama- Telgemeier
Some concerns- gender ideology to children,
Diary of Part-time Indian- Alexie
Some concerns: Violence, masturbation, Racism, sexual excitement, vulgar, sexually explicit
Word Count:
2 masturbate
1 masturbation
1 f*ck
5 d*ck (-wad; without a- ; stick your -inside knot-holes; I stick my - in the girl trees)
3 p*ssy
18 ass
1 b*tch
1 b*stard
9 sh*t
1 niggers
2 Jesus (in vain)
7 God (in vain)
4 God (other--> "And if God hadn’t wanted us to masturbate, then God wouldn’t have given us thumbs."; Page 221" I was mad at God; I was mad at Jesus. They were mocking me, so I mocked them")
5 damn
1 bra
1 panties
1 pregnant
3 breast/s
3 fag
7 gay
1 homophobia
1 homosexual
1 horny
1 crack
1 meth
37 drunk
1 vodka
1 wine
4 naked (-movie stars; -women and men; -women + right hand = happy)
9 crap
The 57 Bus- Slater
Some Concerns: heavy gender identity to children, promotes communism & socialism, sexuality, gender ideology, medically & factually inaccurate, vulgar, racist language
The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
Some Concerns: This book contains explicit sexual activities including sexual assault and battery; prostitution involving minors and adults; explicit violence; rape, profanity.
Thirteen Reasons Why- Asher
Some Concerns: sensationalizes suicide, detailed sexual assault, normalizes sexual battery and assault, adult content
Sold- McCormick
Some Concerns: explicit aberrant sexual
activities including raping of children;
prostitution; and explicit violence.
Jumping Off Swings-
Some concerns: child sex, vulgar, sexually explicit, rape
Perfectly Good White Boy- Mesrobian
Some Concerns: vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit
One Hot Second- Young
Most of the stories are “desire”, sexual in content and/or lustful. Educationally unsuitable for children. Sexuality, normalizes kissing, sex, etc…amongst children.
"Getting It" by Alex Sanchez
Concerns: Sexual relations between children, pervasively vulgar, mature adult topics, sexual harassment language and more
Summary: A teenage boy unknowingly has a romantic relationship with a biological male (transgender female).
Concerns: sexual relations between children, the emotional roller coaster this male child has after learning he kissed a boy (transgender girl), pervasively vulgar, mature adult only topics, gender modification of a child, homophobic slurs, etc…
Too Bright to See- Lukoff
Some concerns: Found in elementary libraries, child questioning gender, transgender/gender identity, confusing mature topics including LGBTQ+ that should be discussed at home with parents, medically/factually inaccurate and confusing to children.
What Girls Are Made Of
Some concerns: very graphic sex scenes,child sex, pervasively vulgar, erotica
continued…What Girls Are Made Of
continued…What Girls Are Made Of
A Court of Mist and Fury- Maas
Some Concerns: erotica, graphic sex scenes
TILT
continued…TILT
TRICKS-Hopkins
Some Concerns: 3 way sex, child sex, RAPE, child prostitution
A Court of Thorns & Roses- Maas
Some Concerns- Graphic Sex scenes with “a beast like creature”, deemed “child erotica”
continued…Court of Thornes & Roses
This One Summer- Tamaki
Some Concerns: unwanted teen pregnancy, discussions of suicide & miscarriage, discusses oral sex & child sex, teens smoking & drinking alcohol, kids rent x-rated pornography
Lily & Dunkin-Gephart
Some of the Concerns: discussion of complex, mature topics such as: Trangenderism, mental illnesses, gay attraction/relationships, hormone blockers
continued…Lily & Dunkin
Eleanor & Park- Rowell
Some Concerns: Sexual content, Bigotry, Racism, violence, drunk driving
continued…Eleanor & Park
FADE- McCann
Some of the concerns: Sex scenes & sexual acts between children. Teachers, Coaches & a child interacting sexually together. Teachers drugging children to rape them.
Jesus Land: Scheeres
Some of the concerns: sex between children, molestation of children, abortion
(due to different editions of books, page numbers may differ)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl- Andrews
Some concerns: oral sex amongst children, sexualization
Earl con’t…
CRANK- Hopkins
Some concerns: child rape,some glorification of drug use (meth), very emotional, hard read. Not for children.
CRANK con’t…
L8r, g8r- myracle
Some Concerns: child sex,sexual content
ttyl- myracle
Some Concerns: children discussing sexual content, normalization of child & adult (teacher) relationships (pedophilia)
Ttyl cont…
Jailbait- Newman
Some concerns: normalization of child & adult sex. The book summary/overview alone is not appropriate for children (or really anyone since reading or viewing pedophilia is illegal.)
Perks of Being a Wallflower- Chbosky
Some concerns: graphic sex scenes, rape, child sex
(Charlie watching two of his friends have sex)
“When most people left, Brad and Patrick went into Patrick’s room. They had sex for the first time that night. I don’t want to go into detail about it, because it’s pretty private stuff, but I will say that Brad assumed the role of the girl in terms of where you put things. I think that’s pretty important to tell you. When they were finished, Brad started to cry really hard. He had been drinking a lot. And getting really stoned. No matter what Patrick did, Brad kept crying. Brad wouldn’t even let Patrick hold him, which seems rather sad to me because if I have sex with someone, I would want to hold them. Finally, Patrick just pulled up Brad’s pants, and said to him, “just pretend you’re passed out.”
Follow Your Arrow- Verde
Very complex sexuality topics discussed throughout the book for this age group. Topics such as sexuality, social identity, sexual orientation and sexual identity should be discussed with a parent present or with parental permission.
28.004 TEC requires parental permission before sex education and dating violence is exposed to children in public schools.
This books exposes young children to topics that they may not even be aware of yet at their ages (11-14 years old) without a parent being present.
School Library Journal even recommends GRADES 9 & Up and high school libraries.
Available to 11-14 year olds in FISD: Age inappropriate (sex, rape, sexual abuse, date rape drugs, legal issues, etc…)- 28.004 TEC requires parental permission before sex education and dating violence is exposed to children in public schools.
This books exposes young children to topics that they are not even aware of yet at their ages (11-14 years old) without a parent being present.
Not age appropriate: Very mature topics such as a child’s sexuality, #MeToo movement & sexual harrassment language, etc…are discussed throughout the book and not appropriate for this age group without parental consent or a parent present.
FROM THE AUTHOR:
“But the topic of sexual harassment is different, because for many gatekeepers, acknowledging the sexuality of middle schoolers is taboo. So I had to strike a very delicate balance with this book: I had to keep the harassment PG-rated, but at the same time do justice to Mila’s sense of violation. I had to make it clear that this was a particular kind of aggressive behavior that homed in on her growing sense of selfhood. And because Mila was a seventh grader struggling with the self-consciousness and confusion of puberty, it affected her in a way she couldn’t articulate–not to friends, teachers, or even her mom.
Also, it affected others. One thing I learned from interviewing a middle school guidance counselor for this book was that when sexual harassment happens in middle school, it violates not just the student being targeted, but the whole school community. In MAYBE, some of Mila’s harassment occurs in isolation, under the radar of both adults and other kids. But enough of the behavior is witnessed– confusing, embarrassing and threatening not just Mila, but also her friends and classmates……There’s a scene of restorative justice in which the boys come to understand Mila’s perspective. And the teachers take responsibility, initiating a schoolwide program about Consent, Boundaries and Sexual Harassment.
Maybe He Just Likes You- Dee
City of Heavenly Fire- Clare Some concerns: main characters have sex for the first time (with a condom), discussion of sexuality & sexual content, violent, young boy must kill his own father |