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School District of Manatee County

149 titles banned · Florida

Banned Books

A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Silver Flames A Stolen Life A Stolen Life A Time to Kill A Time to Kill Al Capone Does My Shirts Al Capone Does My Shirts All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Beloved Beloved Beyond Magenta Beyond Magenta Blankets Blankets Blood on the River Blood on the River Boy Toy Boy Toy Burned Burned Catherine, Called Birdy Catherine, Called Birdy Chosen Chosen Collected Poems 1947-1980 Collected Poems 1947-1980 Concrete Rose Concrete Rose Dime Dime Does My Head Look Big in This? Does My Head Look Big in This? Drama: a Graphic Novel Drama: a Graphic Novel Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Everything, Everything Everything, Everything Fallout Fallout Forever . . . Forever . . . Forever for a Year Forever for a Year Girl in Translation Girl in Translation Guyaholic Guyaholic Homegoing Homegoing Identical Identical In the Night Kitchen In the Night Kitchen Infandous Infandous Jesus Land Jesus Land Juliet Takes a Breath Juliet Takes a Breath Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel Juliet Takes a Breath: The Graphic Novel Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Life Is Funny Life Is Funny Lighter than my shadow Lighter than my shadow Like a Love Story Like a Love Story Long Way Down Long Way Down Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Man o' War Man o' War Milk and Honey Milk and Honey Minerva Clark gets a clue Minerva Clark gets a clue Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children My Footprints My Footprints Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes

About School District of Manatee County

The School District of Manatee County serves students in Manatee County, Florida, a Gulf Coast community that includes Bradenton and surrounding areas. Like other public school systems in the state, the district is responsible for maintaining school library and classroom collections in accordance with Florida law and local board policy.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 149 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged in the School District of Manatee County. That figure places the district among the more active in Florida for book removals and reviews, reflecting the broader wave of challenges that has swept the state's public schools in recent years. Much of this activity follows Florida House Bill 1467 (2022), which expanded requirements for reviewing instructional and library materials and gave parents and community members new avenues to challenge books already on shelves. Local coverage of the district's book removals has been reported by WUSF (report), documenting how these state-level requirements have played out for Manatee County schools, students, and families.