I recently came across a Substack by Cristin Bentley, who respresents SD-1 on the State Republican Executive Committee. She describes the #FilthyBook campaign that was launched on February 17, 2023. https://thedaughter.substack.com/p/stop-sexualizing-texas-kids-and-the
You can subscribe to the Substack or view without. Once subscribed, you will receive emails regarding the books on her list. She gives a graphic synopsis of the book and why she feels it should be on the filthy list. At the bottom of the email, she provides a link to search ISD library databases.
https://www.gofollett.com/aasp/ui/pick/picked
I decided to search for the books currently on her list in the Oak Ridge North High School database (Conroe ISD, Conroe TX).
Here are the results:
The following books were not found in the database.
- L8R, G8R by Lauren Myracle
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- Beautiful by Amy Lynn Reed
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
- We are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
- Push by Sapphire
- Lucky by Alice Sebold
- Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
- Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
- A Court of Frost by Sarah J Maas
- Starlight by Sarah J Maas
- I Never by Laura Hopper
- Doing It! by Hannah Witton
- Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
- Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk