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38 titles banned · North Carolina

Banned Books

A Clash of Kings A Clash of Kings 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 Boy Toy Boy Toy Breathless Breathless Crank Crank Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Fallout Fallout Felix Ever After Felix Ever After Glass Glass I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Identical Identical Impulse Impulse Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Monday's Not Coming Monday's Not Coming Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Oryx and Crake Oryx and Crake People Kill People People Kill People Perfect Chemistry Perfect Chemistry Push Push Red Hood Red Hood Rumble Rumble Sold Sold The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Nowhere Girls The Nowhere Girls The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Sun and Her Flowers The Sun and Her Flowers The You I've Never Known The You I've Never Known Tilt Tilt Tricks Tricks Water for Elephants Water for Elephants
And They Lived . . .
Call Me by Your Name
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

About Burke County Public Schools

Burke County Public Schools serves students in Burke County, North Carolina, a foothills region in the western part of the state near Morganton. Like many North Carolina districts, it operates under statewide guidance for reviewing instructional and library materials, alongside decisions made at the local school and board level.

Books in Schools

This page tracks 38 distinct titles that have been reported as banned or challenged in Burke County Public Schools. That figure places the district in the middle tier of activity compared to other North Carolina districts tracked on this site, with some districts reporting far more titles under review and others reporting few or none. As with many districts, challenges here have unfolded against a backdrop of statewide attention to school library content, though the specific rationale and outcome for each title can vary by school and by review committee. No verified news coverage of specific challenges in this district is currently available; this entry will be updated as reporting becomes available.