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Banned Books

13 Minutes 13 Minutes 19 Love Songs 19 Love Songs A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl A Child Called "It" A Child Called "It" 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 Discovery of Witches A Discovery of Witches A Feast for Crows A Feast for Crows A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones A Long Stretch of Bad Days A Long Stretch of Bad Days A Scatter of Light A Scatter of Light A Storm of Swords A Storm of Swords A Work of Art A Work of Art After After After Ever Happy After Ever Happy After the Fire After the Fire After We Collided After We Collided Age Of Bronze Vol. 1: A Thousand Ships Age Of Bronze Vol. 1: A Thousand Ships Alice the Fairy Alice the Fairy All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue All the Bad Apples All the Bad Apples All the Invisible Things All the Invisible Things Allegedly Allegedly An Abundance of Katherines An Abundance of Katherines Anna Dressed in Blood Anna Dressed in Blood Any Second Any Second As She Fades As She Fades Ask the Passengers Ask the Passengers Awakened Awakened Beyond the Black Door Beyond the Black Door Blazed Blazed Blood of My Blood Blood of My Blood Breathless Breathless Burned Burned Camp Camp Cherry Cherry Chosen Chosen Circe Circe Concrete Rose Concrete Rose Copper sun Copper sun Crank Crank Crown of Midnight Crown of Midnight

About Wilson County Schools

Wilson County Schools is the public school system serving Wilson County, Tennessee, a fast-growing suburban county located directly east of Nashville. The county seat is Lebanon, and the district also serves communities including Mt. Juliet, Watertown, and Gladeville. As of recent years, enrollment exceeds 18,000 students across more than 25 schools. Wilson County has been one of Tennessee’s fastest-growing counties due to suburban expansion from Nashville, and the school district has expanded its facilities and staffing to accommodate the population surge.

Despite its proximity to Nashville, a culturally and politically diverse city, Wilson County itself is predominantly conservative. The county has voted heavily Republican in recent election cycles, and the school board has generally reflected the community’s traditional values orientation. The growth of the county has also brought an influx of newer residents, some of whom arrived with strong opinions about school library content.

Books in Schools

Wilson County Schools was one of the Tennessee districts that responded most actively to the state’s House Bill 843, signed in April 2022, which formalized the process for parents to challenge school library books. The district received a significant number of formal complaints and informal pressure from parent advocacy groups targeting books on topics including LGBTQ+ identity, sexual content, racial justice, and grief and trauma in young adult literature.

The school board moved to remove or restrict titles across multiple campuses, resulting in one of the higher removal counts among Tennessee districts. Notable challenged titles included widely assigned young adult novels and picture books about diversity and identity. The district’s actions were covered by Nashville-area media and cited by national organizations tracking the acceleration of book removal activity across the south following the passage of state-level legislation.

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