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Banned Books

1922 1922 1984: The Graphic Novel 1984: The Graphic Novel 21 Proms 21 Proms 33 Snowfish 33 Snowfish 34 Pieces of You 34 Pieces of You 37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order) 37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order) A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl A Certain Slant of Light A Certain Slant of Light 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 Curse of Roses A Curse of Roses A Day No Pigs Would Die A Day No Pigs Would Die A Feast for Crows A Feast for Crows A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones A Girl Like That A Girl Like That A Good Idea A Good Idea A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories A Great and Terrible Beauty A Great and Terrible Beauty A Northern Light A Northern Light A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities A Stolen Life A Stolen Life A Yellow Raft in Blue Water A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Adjustment Day Adjustment Day After After After Ever Happy After Ever Happy After the Game After the Game All American Boys All American Boys All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue All the Bright Places All the Bright Places All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See All the Things We Do in the Dark All the Things We Do in the Dark Allegedly Allegedly Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Ask the Passengers Ask the Passengers Bag of Bones Bag of Bones Beautiful Beautiful Before I Die Before I Die Beloved Beloved Beyond Magenta Beyond Magenta Big Nate Big Nate Big Nate, say good-bye to dork city Big Nate, say good-bye to dork city Big Nate: In the Zone Big Nate: In the Zone Big Nate's Greatest Hits Big Nate's Greatest Hits

About Union County School District

Union County School District serves Union County, a small rural county in north-central Florida located between Gainesville and Jacksonville. The county seat is Lake Butler, and the district is among the smallest in Florida, with fewer than 2,500 students enrolled across a handful of school campuses. Union County is one of the most sparsely populated counties in Florida, characterized by pine forest, agriculture, and the nearby presence of Florida State Prison, the state’s primary maximum security correctional facility, which is a significant employer in the county.

Despite its small size, Union County has a strongly conservative political character and a close community culture. The school district operates Union County High School, Union County Middle School, and a small number of elementary schools. The limited size of the district means that decisions by the small school board can have an outsized proportional impact on the range of titles available to students.

Books in Schools

Union County School District recorded one of the highest per-capita rates of book restrictions in Florida during the 2022–24 period. As with other Florida districts, the passage of House Bill 1467 in March 2022 required the removal of all books not yet reviewed by a certified media specialist—a mandate that fell with particular force on small districts with limited staff resources to conduct rapid reviews.

The combination of the statewide review requirement and a receptive local school board produced a removal count that was extraordinary relative to the district’s enrollment size. Books covering LGBTQ+ themes, race, sexuality, and health topics were among those removed or restricted. Advocacy organizations tracking book bans in Florida flagged Union County’s proportionally high removal figures as an example of the law’s effect on students in small, rural communities with limited library resources to begin with.

This district's book removals have drawn news coverage — see reporting from Florida Trident for more.