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Banned Books

100 Questions You'd Never Ask Your Parents 100 Questions You'd Never Ask Your Parents 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 Dance with Dragons A Dance with Dragons A Feast for Crows A Feast for Crows A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones A Light in the Attic A Light in the Attic A Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses A Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses A Storm of Swords A Storm of Swords A Story of Medicine in 50 Discoveries A Story of Medicine in 50 Discoveries Alice the Fairy Alice the Fairy All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue All the Things We Do in the Dark All the Things We Do in the Dark Allegedly Allegedly Annie Leibovitz at Work Annie Leibovitz at Work Athena Athena Believe Me Believe Me Beloved Beloved Brave New World: A Graphic Novel Brave New World: A Graphic Novel Breaking Dawn Breaking Dawn Breathless Breathless Butts Are Everywhere Butts Are Everywhere Caribbean art Caribbean art Chardin Chardin Concrete Rose Concrete Rose Cool for the Summer Cool for the Summer Eclipse Eclipse Everything, Everything Everything, Everything Exit, Pursued by a Bear Exit, Pursued by a Bear Felix Ever After Felix Ever After Fire Force Fire Force Flamer Flamer Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit Giotto Di Bondone, about 1267-1337 Giotto Di Bondone, about 1267-1337 Gods & Goddesses in the Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks Gods & Goddesses in the Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks Goya Goya Grit Grit Grown Grown Hollow City: The Graphic Novel Hollow City: The Graphic Novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I'll Give You the Sun I'll Give You the Sun

About Oak Ridge Schools

Oak Ridge Schools is the public school system serving the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, an independent municipality in Anderson County located approximately 25 miles west of Knoxville. The district enrolls approximately 4,500 students across several elementary schools, one middle school, and Oak Ridge High School. Oak Ridge was established in 1942 as a planned government community and served as one of the three primary sites of the Manhattan Project during World War II. The facilities built there produced enriched uranium for atomic weapons, and the city was classified to the extent that it did not appear on public maps during the war. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex, both operated under the U.S. Department of Energy, remain in operation today.

The district has historically been considered one of the more academically focused school systems in East Tennessee, reflecting a community workforce with a high concentration of scientists, engineers, and researchers associated with the national laboratories. Oak Ridge High School has maintained competitive academic and extracurricular programs, and the city has long emphasized science and technology education.

Books in Schools

Oak Ridge Schools has one of the larger documented book removal records in Tennessee, with 335 titles recorded in the dataset. The available data does not include challenge dates or initiating action information for any of the entries, meaning the timeline and processes behind individual removals are not reflected in the dataset.

The removed titles span a wide range of material. A substantial portion are manga series and graphic novels, including widely read serialized works such as Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Chainsaw Man. The list also includes a large number of art history and mythology reference books, human anatomy texts, and young adult fiction. Classic literary works appear as well, among them Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. The breadth of the list—spanning picture books, reference works, manga, and canonical American literature—is consistent with a broad review process rather than targeted individual challenges.

This district's book removals have drawn news coverage — see reporting from Straight Arrow News for more.