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Books with Full Pages

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 Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Silver Flames All Boys Aren't Blue All Boys Aren't Blue Breathless Breathless Crank Crank Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Forever . . . Forever . . . Identical Identical Kingdom of Ash Kingdom of Ash Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Out of Darkness Out of Darkness Perfect Perfect Sold Sold 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 Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower Tilt Tilt Tricks Tricks Water for Elephants Water for Elephants

All Banned Titles

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A Clash of Kings
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Dance with Dragons
A Feast for Crows
A Game of Thrones
A Stolen Life
A Storm of Swords
All Your Perfects
All the Things We Do in the Dark
Allegedly
Almost Perfect
American Gods
Asking for It
Blankets
Boy Toy
Burned (EH)
Chicken Girl
Cut Both Ways
Damsel
Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL
Dime
Emergency Contact
Fade
Fallout
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, A Life Reclaimed: A Memoir
Firekeeper's Daughter
Flamer
Forbidden
Forever for a Year
Gender Queer: A Memoir
Glass
Grown
I Never
Impulse
Infandous
It Ends With Us
Jesus Land: A Memoir
Juliet Takes a Breath
Killer Spirit
Lawn Boy (JE)
Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)
Life is Funny
Like a Love Story
Milk and Honey
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood
Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven
Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe
Oryx and Crake
People Kill People
Perfect Chemistry
Push
Red Hood
Rumble
Scars
Shine
Skin (DJN)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel
Smoke
Spinning
The Carnival at Bray
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
The Dead Inside
The Freedom Writers Diary
The Grace Year
The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
The Haters
The Immortalists
The Infinite Moment of Us
The Lovely Bones
The Misfits
The Nerdy and the Dirty
The Nowhere Girls
The Poet X
The Pride Guide: A Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth
The Sun and Her Flowers
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The You I've Never Known
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
This One Summer
Traffick
Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard
Triangles
Victoria and the Rogue
Wait, What?: A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies, and Growing Up
We Can't Be Friends: A True Story
We Know It Was You
What Girls Are Made Of
What Goes Around
What We Saw
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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About Fort Worth ISD

Fort Worth Independent School District is the primary public school system for the city of Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the largest districts in the state. Established in 1925, Fort Worth ISD serves roughly 70,000 students across 144 campuses, including most of the city, as well as the nearby communities of Benbrook, Westover Hills, and Westworth Village. Based on peak enrollment figures, it has ranked as the fifth-largest school district in Texas. The district employs more than 5,600 teachers and approximately 11,000 total staff.

Fort Worth ISD serves a racially and economically diverse student population in a city known for its mix of oil and cattle heritage, world-class museums, and one of the largest concentrations of urban military installations in the United States. The district’s student body is predominantly Hispanic and African American.

Innovation and Challenges

In 2010, Fort Worth ISD undertook one of the most ambitious high school redesigns in the country, launching its “Gold Seal Programs of Choice.” Each of its 13 high schools built focused pathways around college and career goals. Additions included the Young Women’s Leadership Academy, the Young Men’s Leadership Academy, Marine Creek Collegiate High School, and the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences. The Texas Education Agency gave the district an overall grade of “C” in 2018. Like many large urban districts, Fort Worth ISD has seen its share of book challenges in recent years, with more than 120 titles removed or restricted from school libraries and classrooms, reflecting both state-level political pressure and local community debates about what belongs in school collections.