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A Clash of Kings A Clash of Kings 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 Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones A Stolen Life A Stolen Life 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 Almost Perfect Almost Perfect Blankets Blankets Boy Toy Boy Toy Breathless Breathless Burned Burned Crank Crank Damsel Damsel Dime Dime Empire of Storms Empire of Storms Fade Fade Fallout Fallout Flamer Flamer Forever . . . Forever . . . Forever for a Year Forever for a Year Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir Glass Glass Grown Grown Identical Identical Impulse Impulse It Ends with Us It Ends with Us 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 Lawn Boy Lawn Boy Life Is Funny Life Is Funny Like a Love Story Like a Love Story Living Dead Girl Living Dead Girl Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska Lucky Lucky Milk and Honey Milk and Honey Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Oryx and Crake Oryx and Crake Out of Darkness Out of Darkness People Kill People People Kill People Perfect Perfect Perfect Chemistry Perfect Chemistry Push Push Red Hood Red Hood Rumble Rumble Shine Shine Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five 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 Carnival at Bray The Carnival at Bray The DUFF The DUFF The Freedom Writers Diary The Freedom Writers Diary The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel) The Haters The Haters The Infinite Moment of Us The Infinite Moment of Us The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones The Nowhere Girls The Nowhere Girls The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Poet X The Poet X The Sun and Her Flowers The Sun and Her Flowers The You I've Never Known The You I've Never Known This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story This One Summer This One Summer Tilt Tilt Traffick Traffick Tricks Tricks Water for Elephants Water for Elephants What Girls Are Made Of What Girls Are Made Of Wicked Wicked l8r, g8r l8r, g8r yolo yolo

All Banned Titles

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A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Dance with Dragons
A Feast for Crows
A Storm of Swords
All Your Perfects
American Gods
Asking for It
Chicken Girl
Cut Both Ways
Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL
Emergency Contact
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, A Life Reclaimed: A Memoir
Firekeeper's Daughter
Forbidden
I Never
Infandous
Killer Spirit
Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)
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
Scars
Skin (DJN)
Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel
Smoke
Spinning
The Dead Inside
The Grace Year
The Immortalists
The Misfits
The Nerdy and the Dirty
The Pride Guide: A Guide to Sexual and Social Health for LGBTQ Youth
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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 Goes Around
What We Saw
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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.