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Sexually Explicit Books in the Pella Public Library

Members of our team have invested a significant amount of time combing through sexually explicit book lists and cross referencing them with the Pella Public Library. In addition, there is a corresponding rating with each book, based on the rating system developed by www.booklooks.org. Below you will find the Book Looks rating system, lists of the books, and downloadable PDF lists.  

Ebook List 

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Book Ratings

A more detailed explanation of the rating system and how it was created can be found on Book Looks.

Link:

http://booklooks.org/ratings-system

Ebook List - Digital Download

This is a non-comprehensive compilation of books available through digital download at the Pella Public Library. These books contain varying degrees of sexually explicit content and vulgar language within Young Adult/Teen and Juvenile/Children's collections. The numbers following most of the book titles are based on a detailed grading scale found on the website www.booklooks.org. This is a website created by concerned parents who wanted a quick guide to access the appropriateness of a book for children and teen/young adults, based on the content found between a book's covers. (Please note that the American Library Association classifies a young adult as ages 12-18)

Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian 2

After 2

Almost Perfect 3

All American Boys 2

All Boys Aren't Blue 4

Allegedly 3

All the Bright Places 2

America 3

Anne Frank's Diary - Graphic Novel 2

Angus, THONGS, & Full Frontal Snogging 3

Ask the Passengers 3

Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1-6 3

Attack of the Black Rectangles 3

Beautiful Disaster 4

The Best Laid Plans 3

Better Nate Thank Ever 

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens

       Speak Out 2

The Black Flamingo 3

Blended 1

Blue is the Warmest Color 4

Burned 3

Catwoman: Soul Stealer 3

Chosen 3

City of Heavenly Fire

City of Theives

Class Act 1

Concrete Rose 3

Cool for the Summer 3

Crank 3

A Day No Pigs Would Die 2

Damsel 4

Dear Martin 2

DIME 3

Doll Bones 1

The DUFF: A Novel 2

Drama 2

Dress Codes for Small Towns 2 

Eleanor and Park 3

Embrace Series: Book 1 2

Emergency Contact 3

Empire of Storms 4

Fable 2

Fallout 3

Fangirl 2

Felix Ever After 3

The Female of the Species 3

Flamer 3

Foul is Fair 3

Fred Gets Dressed 1

The Freedom Writers Diary 4

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces 3

Get a Life Chloe Brown 4

Gender Queer 4 (Please see note below.)

The Girl Who Knew Too Much 2

George 2

Glass 3

Go Ask Alice 3

Grit 3

Guyaholic 3

Ground Zero: A Novel of 9/11

Grown 3

The Hate U Give 3

The Haters 4

Heroine 3

I Never 4

Infandous 4

The Infinite Moment of Us 4

Infinity Son 2

Is This Normal? 1

It's Not the Stork 2

It's Perfectly Normal 3

Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) 5

Jay's Gay Agenda 3

Julian is a Mermaid 1

Juliet Takes a Breath: A Graphic Novel 4

Kingdom of Ash 4

Kiss Number 8

Last Night at the Telegraph Club 4

L8R, G8r 3

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up With Me 2

Lawn Boy 3

Leah on the Offbeat

A Lesson in Vengeance 3

Let's Talk About It 4

Like a Love Story 4

Lily and Dunkin 2

Living Dead Girl 4

Looking for Alaska 3

Long Way Down 2

The Lovely Bones 3

Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl? 1

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 3

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Movie

       Tie-in Edition 

Meet Cute 2

The Midnight Lie 3

Milo Imagines the World 1

Monday's Not Coming 3

More Happy Than Not 3

My Body is Growing (Ages 4 to 8) 3

Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe 3

Normal People 4

Not my Problem 2

Not Otherwise Specified 2

Once Upon a Tim 1

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the

         Girlfriend of a Sex God 2

Out of Darkness 3

The Opposite of Innocent 3

Perfect 4

Perfectly Good White Boy

The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4

Pet 2

Pumpkin Heads Graphic Novel 1

The Poet X 3

The Prince and the Dressmaker 2

Prohibido

Rainbow High

Red Hood 4

Red, White and Royal Blue 4

Ready or Not 2

Rethinking Normal

Rhymes with Witches 2

Rumble 3

Rush

Scars 3

Sex: An Uncensored Guide 4

Sex is a Funny Word 4

Sex Plus: Learning, Loving and Enjoying Your Body 4

S.E.X. the all -you-need-to-know sexuality guide to get you

         through your teens and twenties, Second Edition 4

Shine 4

Smoke 3

33 Snowfish 3

SOLD 5

Speak 3

Story of a Girl: A Novel 2

The Truth About Alice 3

They Went Left 2

This Book is Gay 4

Thirteen Reasons Why 3

Throne of Glass 2

Tiger Eyes 2

Tilt 3

Too Bright Too See 1

Tower of Dawn 3

Traffick 3

Tricks 5

TTYL 2

Twisted 2

Two Boys Kissing 2

The Undefeated 1

Unicorns Are the Worst 1

Wait, What? 3

We Are the Ants 2

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices 2

What Girls Are Made Of 4

What My Mother Doesn't Know 2

When Aidan Became a Brother 1

When I Was the Greatest 2

Where I End and You Begin 3

Wintergirls 3

Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice 2

Yolo 4 

 

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Note: Currently shelved in the Adult Graphic Novel Section: Contains illustrations of children engaged in explicit sexual activity. According to its author, Maia Kobabe, it's a novel for young people, as evidenced by the age of its main character.

Books At The Library 
This is a non-comprehensive compilation of books available at the Pella Public Library. All contain varying degrees of sexually explicit content and vulgar language and are filed in the Teen/Young Adult or Juvenile/Children's collections. (See www.booklooks.org for a detailed grading scale.)

Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian 2

Anne Frank's Diary - Graphic Adaptation 2

After 2

All American Boys 2

All the Bright Places 2

Angus, THONGS, & Full Frontal Snogging 2

Attack of the Black Rectangles 3

Blended 1

Burned 3

Clockwork Princess 3

Concrete Rose 3

Crank 3

A Day No Pigs Would Die 2

Doll Bones 1

Drama 2

Eleanor and Park 3

Fallout 3

Fangirl 2

Fred Gets Dressed 1

The Freedom Writers Diary 4

Gender Queer 4 (Please see note.)

George 2

Glass 3

Go Ask Alice 3

Grown 3

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 3

Identical 4

I'll Give You the Sun 3

Is This Normal 1

It's Not the Stork 2

Julian is a Mermaid 1

Juliet Takes a Breath: A Graphic Novel 4

Last Night at the Telegraph Club 4

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up With Me 2

Let's Talk About It 4

Lily and Dunkin 2

Living Dead Girl 4

Looking for Alaska 3

Long Way Down 2

Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl? 1

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 3

Milo Imagines the World 1

Monday's Not Coming 3

More Happy Than Not 3

Once Upon a Tim 1

The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4

Pet 2

Pumpkin Heads Graphic Novel 1

Red, White and Royal Blue 4

Ready or Not 2

Rumble 3

Shine 4

Shout 3

Smoke 3

SOLD 5

Speak 3

Story of a Girl: A Novel 2

The DUFF: A Novel 2

The Hate U Give 3

The Prince and the Dressmaker 2

They Went Left 2

Thirteen Reasons Why 3

Tiger Eyes 2

Tilt 3

Too Bright Too See 1

Traffick 3

Tricks 5

The Undefeated 1

Unicorns Are the Worst 1

Wait, What? 3

What My Mother Doesn't Know 2

When Aidan Became a Brother 1

Wintergirls 3

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Note: Currently shelved in the Adult Graphic Novel Section: Contains illustrations of children engaged in explicit sexual activity. According to its author, Maia Kobabe, it's a novel for young people, as evidenced by the age of its main character.

A compliation of books and digital downloadable books available to minors at the Pella Public School Libraries. 
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