GHS/GEMS book list

**UPDATE: 20 titles have been retricted; These titles will only be checked out if asked for by name and parental permissions given.**

A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah Maas  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content  (GHS)

All Your Perfects – Colleen Hoover  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Beautiful – Amy Reed  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Beautiful Disaster – Jamie McGuire  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Breathless --  Jessica Warman #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

The Carnival at Bray – Jessie Ann Folley  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (CVHS)

A Clash of Kings  --  George R.R. Martin  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Collateral --  Ellen Hopkins  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

A Court of Frost and Starlight – Sarah Maas  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Damsel  --Elana Arnold  #4 Rating for No Minors/Adult Content (GHS) (CVHS)

From Blood and Ash  -- Jennifer L. Armentrout  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content  (GHS)

The Gift  -- Danielle Steel  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content  (ELK CITY)

The Haters – Jesse Andrews  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Identical –Ellen Hopkins  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

It Ends with Us  -- Colleen Hoover  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire  --  Jennifer Armentrout  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

The Kite Runner  --  Khaled Hosseini  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Lullaby  -- Chuck Palahniuck  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult  #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Normal People – Sally Rooney #4 Rating No Minors/Adult Content (GHS)

Questionable books found on the shelves at Grangeville's High school library

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

^Linked Review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; drug and alcohol use and abuse; profanity and derogatory terms; suicidal ideation; and violence including child abuse.

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

^Linked Review^

Summary of Concerns:        This book contains explicit sexual activities; sexual battery; profanity; and drug abuse.


Fallout by Ellen Hopkins

^Linked Review^

Summary of Concerns:        This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; profanity; drug abuse and alcohol use.


Glass by Ellen Hopkins

^Linked Review^

Summary of Concerns:  This book contains inexplicit sexual activities; profanity; suicidal ideation; and drug abuse.


Identical by Ellen Hopkins

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains explicit sexual activities including sexual assault and child molestation; violence including self-harm and suicidal ideations; profanity and derogatory terms; and drug and alcohol abuse.


Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains violence; sexual nudity; sexual activities; profanity; and illegal drug use.


Perfect by Ellen Hopkins

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual activities including sexual assault; drug and alcohol abuse; profanity and derogatory terms; controversial racial commentary; self- harm including anorexia and suicide


Smoke by Ellen Hopkins

^liked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual activities including sexual assault; sexual nudity; profanity and derogatory terms; alcohol and drug use; and violence including domestic violence and child abuse.


Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book has sexually explicit excerpts involving minors. The book also contains sexual assault, underage drinking, illegal drug abuse, and profanity.


Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexually explicit excerpts involving minors. There are also excerpts containing explicit child rape and abuse; illegal drug abuse; graphic violence; underage alcohol consumption; and adult and child prostitution.


War of two Queens by Jennifer Armentrout

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains obscene sexual activities; sexual nudity; excess/frequent profanity; violence; gore; and alcohol use.


Kingdom of flesh and fire by Jennifer Armentrout

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; profanity; alcohol use; and violence


From blood and ash

by Jennifer Armentrout

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains moderate profanity; violence; sexual activities; sexual nudity; alcohol use.


Beautiful by Amy Reed

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; drug abuse by minors; alcohol use by minors; excessive/frequent profanity; and self-harm including anorexia.


It ends with us by Colleen Hoover

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains explicit sexual activities; profanity; alcohol and drug use; suicidal ideation; violence; and profanity


It starts with us by Colleen Hoover

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains obscene sexual activities; nudity; profanity; and violence including assault.


Lullaby by Chuck Palahnuick

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains obscene sexual activities; references to aberrant sexual activities including necrophilia; sexual nudity; and profanity.


Lucky by Alice Sebold

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains obscene excerpts involving sexual assault/battery; sexual activities; sexual nudity; profanity; and drug use.


The almost moon by Alice Sebold

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains obscene sexual activities; sexual nudity; self-harm involving suicide; reference to hate involving religion; alcohol use; and profanity.


The Lovely bones by Alice Sebold

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains mild profanity; alternate sexualities; sexual activities including sexual assault; sexual nudity; violence; alcohol use; and suicide commentary.


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Beautiful disaster by Jamie McGuire

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains profanity; sexual activities; sexual nudity; alcohol use; and violence.


The kite runner by Khaled Hosseini

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual assault of a minor; prostitution involving minors and adults; and mild/infrequent profanity.


Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual nudity; sexual activities; and profanity.


Court of frost and starlight by Sarah J Maas

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains obscene sexual activities; explicit sexual nudity; profanity; alcohol use; and violence


A Court of thorns and roses by Sarah J Maas

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains graphic violence; explicit sexual nudity; obscene sexual activities; and mild profanity.


A Court of mist and fury by Sarah J Maas

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual nudity; sexual activities; violence; and profanity.


A Court of wings and ruin by Sarah J Maas

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual nudity; obscene sexual activities; mild profanity; and violence.


A court of silver flames

by Sarah J Maas

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains obscene sexual activities; explicit sexual nudity; excessive/frequent profanity; and graphic violence.


Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains sexual activities; sexual nudity; mild profanity; and explicit violence.


Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas

^linked review^

Summary of Concerns: This book contains inexplicit sexual nudity; sexual activities; violence; and profanity.