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Kentucky

99 distinct titles banned across 1 district

Districts

Boyle County Schools 99 titles

Banned Books

A High Five for Glenn Burke A High Five for Glenn Burke A Song Only I Can Hear A Song Only I Can Hear Aaron Slater, Illustrator Aaron Slater, Illustrator All Are Welcome All Are Welcome All That’s Left in the World All That’s Left in the World All the Things We Do in the Dark All the Things We Do in the Dark Camp QUILTBAG Camp QUILTBAG Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot City of Speed (Battle Dragons #2) City of Speed (Battle Dragons #2) City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) Drama: a Graphic Novel Drama: a Graphic Novel Ellen Outside the Lines Ellen Outside the Lines Everything You Need to Know About Bisexuality Everything You Need to Know About Bisexuality Everything You Need to Know About Nonbinary Gender Identities Everything You Need to Know About Nonbinary Gender Identities Frankie and Bug Frankie and Bug Fred Gets Dressed Fred Gets Dressed Gender Identity Gender Identity I'll Give You the Sun I'll Give You the Sun If You Could Be Mine If You Could Be Mine In Deeper Waters In Deeper Waters In Memoriam In Memoriam LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field Male/female roles Male/female roles Male/Female Roles Male/Female Roles Only mostly devastated Only mostly devastated Openly straight Openly straight Pet Pet Playing a part Playing a part
Almost Flying
Ana on the Edge
Anne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World
Being LGBTQ
City of Secrets
Critical Perspectives on Gender Identity
Defining Sexual Consent: Where the Law Falls Short
Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery
Doodleville
Dune: House Atreides, Vol. 1 (The Graphic Novel)
Dune: House Atreides, Vol. 2 (The Graphic Novel)
Dune: House Atreides, Vol. 3 (The Graphic Novel)
Dune: House Atreides, Vol. 4 (The Graphic Novel)
Forget Me Not
Freakboy
Gender Equality
Gender in the 21st Century
Hurricane Child
Julián Is a Mermaid

Book Bans in Kentucky

Kentucky's tracked data currently shows 99 distinct banned or challenged titles across the state, all of them tied to a single school district. Boyle County Schools accounts for every one of the 99 titles recorded, making it the sole source of documented book-banning activity in Kentucky within this dataset.

This is a markedly different pattern from states where challenges are spread across dozens of districts. In Kentucky, the activity is entirely concentrated in one district rather than reflecting a statewide trend, at least based on what has been documented so far. Whether that reflects the actual scope of book challenges happening in Kentucky classrooms and libraries, or simply where reporting and record-keeping have been most active, isn't something the numbers alone can settle.

Context

With only one district represented, Kentucky's data point is more useful as a case study than as a statewide indicator. A single district generating 99 challenged titles suggests either an unusually active review process there or simply that Boyle County has been more thoroughly documented than other parts of the state. Without additional districts reporting activity, it's difficult to say whether Kentucky as a whole has a low rate of challenges or whether the tracking here is incomplete.

We don't have verified details on specific Kentucky legislation or state-level policy driving book challenges, and we won't speculate on legislative causes we can't confirm. What can be said is that the pattern in this dataset is one of extreme concentration rather than breadth: a single-district signal in a state with many more school systems that, so far, show no recorded activity at all.