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64 titles banned · Texas

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 Silver Flames A Court of Silver Flames A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Wings and Ruin 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 Lucky Lucky Nineteen Minutes Nineteen Minutes Perfect Perfect Sold Sold 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

A Court of Thorns and Roses
And They Lived...
Blankets
Boy Toy
Choke (CP)
Collateral
Damsel
Doing It!: Let's Talk About Sex
Embrace
Forever for a Year
Foul is Fair
Half of a Yellow Sun
Homegoing
Hooked
House of Earth and Blood
House of Sky and Breath
How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
I Never
I'll Give You the Sun
Like a Love Story
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Normal People
Oryx and Crake
People Kill People
Red Hood
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Shine
Skin (DJN)
Slaughterhouse-Five
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend
The Freedom Writers Diary
The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
The Handsome Girl and Her Beautiful Boy
The Haters
The Infinite Moment of Us
The Lovely Bones
The Nerdy and the Dirty
The Nowhere Girls
The Sun and Her Flowers
What Girls Are Made Of
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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About Plano ISD

Plano Independent School District is a large suburban school system based in Plano, Texas, in the southwestern corner of Collin County north of Dallas. Established in 1891, the district serves approximately 52,600 students across roughly 100 square miles, with campuses extending into portions of Dallas, Richardson, Allen, Murphy, and other nearby communities. Plano ISD is known for strong academic performance: in 2012, it led all Texas school districts in National Merit Semifinalists with 128 students, and its three senior high schools—Plano, Plano East, and Plano West—have repeatedly appeared in national rankings of top high schools.

The district uses an unusual educational structure in which students attend a “high school” in grades 9–10 and then a separate “senior high school” in grades 11–12. Plano East Senior High School has offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme since 1995. Plano ISD also operates one of only two Chinese bilingual programs in Texas, launched in 1991 to serve a growing population of non-native-speaking students.

Controversies Over Reading Material

Plano ISD has experienced its share of battles over books and texts. In November 2010, the district’s textbook review board moved to remove a humanities survey textbook containing classical artwork depicting nudity; the decision was reversed within days following public outcry. In 2005, Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly falsely claimed the district had banned red and green clothing; the district demanded a retraction and received one. More recently, Plano ISD has seen 64 titles restricted or removed from school libraries, part of the broader statewide effort to limit what students can read.