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119 titles banned · Tennessee

Banned Books

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 Light in the Attic A Light in the Attic A Scatter of Light A Scatter of Light A Stolen Life A Stolen Life All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again Beautiful Beautiful Blankets Blankets Breathless Breathless Cherry Cherry Crank Crank Damsel Damsel Dragon Ball, Vol. 4 Dragon Ball, Vol. 4 Dragon Ball, Vol. 5 Dragon Ball, Vol. 5 Dragon Ball, Vol. 9 Dragon Ball, Vol. 9 Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Everything, Everything Everything, Everything Flamer Flamer Forever . . . Forever . . . Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice Grown Grown House of Sky and Breath House of Sky and Breath I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Identical Identical Jesus Land Jesus Land Juliet Takes a Breath Juliet Takes a Breath 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 Lucky Lucky Mammal Mammal Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Milk and Honey Milk and Honey Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel) Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel) Out of Darkness Out of Darkness People Kill People People Kill People Perfect Perfect Push Push Red Hood Red Hood Rumble Rumble

About Knox County Schools

Knox County Schools is a public school district serving Knoxville and the surrounding areas of Knox County, Tennessee, one of the largest school systems in the state. Like many districts across Tennessee, it operates under statewide policies governing the selection and review of instructional and library materials.

Books in Schools

This tracker currently lists 119 distinct titles that have been banned or challenged within Knox County Schools, a total that places it among the more active districts in Tennessee for book removals and reviews tracked on this site. Tennessee's Age-Appropriate Materials Act (Senate Bill 2407, 2022) requires school libraries to maintain age-appropriate collections and established a process for parents and community members to challenge materials, a framework that has shaped review activity in districts statewide, including Knox County. Local coverage of these removals has appeared in reporting from WVLT News (report), which has followed the district's handling of challenged titles. The individual titles affected are listed elsewhere on this page.