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62 distinct titles banned across 5 districts

Districts

Beaufort County School District 2 titles Horry County Schools 9 titles Lexington School District 1 1 title Lexington-Richland School District 5 7 titles Spartanburg County School District One 50 titles

Banned Books

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 After After All the Things We Do in the Dark All the Things We Do in the Dark Allegedly Allegedly Between the World and Me Between the World and Me Beyond Magenta Beyond Magenta Burned Burned Crank Crank Crown of Midnight Crown of Midnight Damsel Damsel Eleanor & Park Eleanor & Park Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Forever . . . Forever . . . Grown Grown Heir of Fire Heir of Fire I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Identical Identical Impulse Impulse Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash l8r, g8r l8r, g8r Like a Love Story Like a Love Story Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska 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 Out of Darkness Out of Darkness People Kill People People Kill People Perfect Perfect Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five Sold Sold Speak Speak The 57 Bus The 57 Bus The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye The Carnival at Bray The Carnival at Bray The Freedom Writers Diary The Freedom Writers Diary The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Hate U Give The Hate U Give The Kite Runner The Kite Runner The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Truth About Alice The Truth About Alice Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why

Book Bans in South Carolina

Tracking for South Carolina currently shows 62 distinct book titles that have been banned or challenged across 5 school districts statewide. The activity is not evenly spread: Spartanburg County School District One accounts for 50 of the 62 titles tracked, making it by far the largest source of book removals in the state. The remaining districts show far more modest totals — Horry County Schools with 9 titles, Lexington-Richland School District 5 with 7, Beaufort County School District with 2, and Lexington School District 1 with 1 — meaning four of the state's five districts combined account for fewer titles than Spartanburg County alone.

Context

The shape of South Carolina's data is one of concentration rather than breadth. With only 5 of the state's districts showing any recorded bans, and one district responsible for the large majority of the statewide total, the picture looks more like a small number of localized decisions than a broad, coordinated statewide effort. A state with South Carolina's number of school districts would, under a genuinely widespread pattern, be expected to show challenge activity distributed across many more districts; instead, the data points to a small number of local school boards or administrators driving most of the recorded activity, with the rest of the state showing comparatively light and scattered challenges.

We do not have verified information tying this pattern to specific state legislation, board policy, or named political initiatives, so no such claims are made here. Readers interested in the local drivers behind Spartanburg County School District One's numbers specifically may want to consult local school board records or news coverage for that district, since the statewide data alone does not indicate cause.