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VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED

Public school libraries, partially due to their smaller size, cannot carry every book ever written. The idea is that the book titles in school libraries are carefully curated to include educational material of differing viewpoints to inspire both a love of learning and reading.

Most parents agree that school library material should be age-appropriate also. Hence why we don't have a section containing Playboy or Hustler magazines, and why the internet is restricted at schools to allow only age-appropriate content.

So, are we book banners?

Here's what we are NOT doing:

We are NOT telling authors to stop publishing their work
We are NOT contacting public (non-school) libraries to censor their selections
We are NOT asking retailers to stop selling these books
We are NOT concerned with classic titles that the media wants you to believe (ie Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingboard etc etc)

Here's what we ARE doing:

We ARE asking districts to have a clear review process for books with extreme content (not all do)
We ARE seeking the titles with the most explicit content (graphics with images of sex etc) to be removed from school libraries OR at least placed in a restricted area that needs parental consent
We ARE proposing that "explicit content" stickers be placed on covers so parents have more knowledge of content (like cd's)
We ARE proposing an opt-in policy that would allow parents who want their child to access these books full access
We ARE working nationally to have a book-rating system that would give parents to make educated decisions

What are we so concerned about?

The titles below have varying degrees of obscene material including but not limited to:

Graphics showing sex acts (not in a medical/educational way)
Extreme profanity
Detailed descriptions of masturbation
Oral, anal & vaginal sex
Forced oral sex
Rape & sexual assault
Incest
Pedophilia
Teaching kids how to use sex apps, and what websites to use

Williamsville District

The following titles have been found in one or more of the Williamsville High Schools, using the online library search tool, Go Follet. This information is accurate as of March 2023.

Clicking the title links will bring you to a page of BookLooks.org that shows the explicit content we are concerned about.

Title	Author	Year Published	Book Looks Rating
Lucky	Alice Sebold	1999	5
Jack of Hearts, and other Parts	LC Rosen	2018	5
Red, White & Royal Blue	Casey McQuiston	2019	4
Fun Home	Allison Bechdel	2007	4
Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama	Allison Bechdel	2012	4
Tricks	Ellen Hopkins	2009	5
This Book is Gay	Juno Dawson	2015	4
Let's Talk About It	Moen & Nolan	2021	4
Sold	Patricia McCormick	2008	5
Me & Earl & The Dying Girl	Jesse Andrews	2012	3
Ugly Love	Colleen Hoover	2014	4
All Your Perfects	Colleen Hoover	2018	4
It Ends With Us	Colleen Hoover	2016	4
Red Hood	Elana Arnold	2020	4
Burned, Crank, Smoke, Identical, Perfect, Tilt	Ellen Hopkins	2004-2018	3-4
Triangles, Tricks	Ellen Hopkins	2011-2012	4-5
Nineteen Minutes	Jodi Picoult	2007	4
Shine	Lauren Myracle	2011	4
Milk & Honey, The Sun & Her Flowers	Rupi Kaur	2015, 2017	4
It's Perfectly Normal	Harris & Emberly	1994	3
Push / Precious	Sapphire	1996	5
The Bluest Eye	Toni Morrison	1970	4
Oryx & Crake	Margaret Atwood	2003	4