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Banned Books

A Clash of Kings A Clash of Kings A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Thorns and Roses A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin A Stolen Life A Stolen Life Adrift Adrift Anatomy of a Single Girl Anatomy of a Single Girl Beautiful Beautiful Beyond Magenta Beyond Magenta Blankets Blankets Breathless Breathless Burned Burned Crank Crank Damsel Damsel Deep Water Deep Water Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Fallout Fallout Fight Club Fight Club Forever . . . Forever . . . Forever for a Year Forever for a Year Glass Glass Hear Me Hear Me Homegoing Homegoing House of Earth and Blood House of Earth and Blood House of Sky and Breath House of Sky and Breath Identical Identical Impulse Impulse It Ends with Us It Ends with Us Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl Lucky Lucky Man o' War Man o' War Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl More Happy Than Not More Happy Than Not Over and Out Over and Out People Kill People People Kill People Red Hood Red Hood Rumble Rumble Shine Shine Sold Sold Storm and Fury Storm and Fury The DUFF The DUFF The Freedom Writers Diary The Freedom Writers Diary The Haters The Haters The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones

About Pinellas County Schools

Pinellas County Schools serves students along Florida's central Gulf Coast, encompassing the city of St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and the surrounding Pinellas peninsula. As one of the state's larger public school systems, it operates a broad mix of elementary, middle, and high schools, along with specialized and magnet programs, placing it among the districts most affected by Florida's statewide push to review and restrict school library materials.

Books in Schools

Tracking for Pinellas County Schools currently lists 91 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged within the district. That places Pinellas among the more heavily affected districts tracked in Florida, though the scale varies considerably from one district to the next across the state. Much of this activity follows from Florida House Bill 1467 (2022), which established new requirements for school districts to review library and classroom materials and created formal procedures for parents and residents to challenge specific titles. Coverage of individual removals and challenges in Pinellas County has not yet been verified for inclusion here; as reporting becomes available, it will be incorporated to give a fuller picture of how these reviews have played out locally.