The following list of books has been created for the purpose of parental/taxpayer assistance. We strongly encourage parents to review the books available in their children’s school library and be aware of what is being checked out at the public library, as well. This is not an exhaustive list and will be updated from time to time.
#MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss
A Girl on the Shore by Inio Asano
A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The by Sherman Alexie
Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Big Hard Sex Criminals, written by Matt Fraction
Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
Bluest Eye, The, by Toni Morrison
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Chocolate War, The, by Robert Cormier
Color of Earth, The (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
Color Purple, The, by Alice Walker
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Deal With It! by Heather McDonald, Rebecca Odes, Esther Drill
Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier
Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, The, by Carolyn Mackler
Eleanor & Park written by Rainbow Rowell
Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Geography Club, The, by Brent Hartinger
George by Alex Gino
Glass Castle, The, by Jeanette Walls
Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Habibi, by Craig Thompson
Hate U Give, The, by Angie Thomas
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Kite Runner, The, by Khaled Hosseini
Later Gator by Lauren Miracle
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread written by Chuck Palahniuk
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
Perks of Being a Wallflower, The, by Stephen Chbosky
Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack
Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie
Saga, by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones