Concerned Citizens Checked Their 'Conservative' Town High School Library for These Obscene Books Available to Students; Here's What Happened
MR Staff : Oct 2, 2025
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In a "conservative" Oklahoma school district, local citizens went into a high school library and found obscene pornographic books. School administrators and school board members acknowledged the books are there. But they are not interested in how porn affects young people—or why the school librarian brought it in.
[MassResistance.org] In today's world, pornography is not just an abstract moral issue. It's a national problem that seriously damages the mental and emotional health of millions. It can harm children and teenagers for their entire lives. (Image: via MassResistance)
Why is there so much horrible material in the public schools—even in schools run by "conservative" Republican school committees? As we're finding out, a big reason is that these officials aren't particularly interested in finding out what's in their own schools—or stopping the obscenity. But local citizens are finally punching back.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma—a town of 38,000 in the northeast part of the state—is 67 percent "conservative Republican." However, many parents there have decided to homeschool their children rather than send them to the public schools.
Our MassResistance chapter there recently ignited citizen pressure to derail a hideous Drag Queen event for children in a public park. That success has encouraged our people to continue!
Last month, a few of our Bartlesville activists decided to see if the local high school's library had any of the obscene sexual/LGBT books for youth listed on national websites. They were surprised to find that one website showed Bartlesville High School as having dozens of them! Could that really be true?
What's happening in the schools is ultimately affecting all of us. So even though our activists don't have children in the schools, as taxpayers they felt they needed to go to the school library and find out for themselves.
The month-long "journey" to find out
It took a month of persistence, but they got permission to go into the school library.
In early August they reached out to the Superintendent for permission. After stalling for a while, he arranged for them to meet with the Director of School Operations. They presented him with the list of books from the website. He said he would find out if those books are in the library and get back to them.
At that meeting they showed him a copy of the book It's Perfectly Normal, which targets young children with explicit drawings of nude adults and children, several in sexual positions. He was aghast at the pictures, they said, and said that a book like that certainly didn't belong in a school. It was an interesting reaction.
He also told them that there is a "challenge process" if they don't like any of the books. They responded that people shouldn't have to "challenge" books in a school library that are obviously pornographic.
On August 27, the Director of School Operations finally got back to our activists. He acknowledged that 85 percent of the books on that list were, in fact, in the high school library! He didn't seem embarrassed about it at all. He certainly didn't seem to think they should be removed.
Our activists then asked to be allowed to go to the school library and see the books for themselves. He said he'd get back to them on it. But weeks went by and they didn't hear anything.
So on September 15, our activists attended the School Board meeting and read aloud excerpts from a few of the books. They demanded, as taxpayers, to be allowed to go and look at them. The Superintendent relented and arranged for them to go to the high school library.
Three days later they showed up and were allowed to have free rein there. (Image: via MassResistance)
Knowing that our activists were coming, it was surprising that librarians didn't make any effort to hide the books—which were right out in plain sight. So it was easy to take photos of about 30 of the books.
Books that are poisonous for teenagers (or anyone!)
These books are on the "obscene list" websites for a reason. The subject matter and descriptions in these books are sickening.
For example, this book,The Haters by Jesse Andrews was fairly prominent. [To read an excerpt Click Here] [Caution: very disturbing]
Below are some of the other books that were on display for students to check out—and someexcerptsfrom each book. (Caution: very disturbing) [To read excerpts from the books listed below Click Here]
The Poet X, by Cabeth Evedo
Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
The Black Flamingo, by Dean Atta
I Am Margaret Moore, by Hannah Capin
Graceling, by Kristine Cashore
Yolk, by Mary H K Choi
Clockwork Princess, by Casandra Clare
Extremely Loud Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Foer
They Went Left, by Monica Hesse
Sold, by Patricia McCormick
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Monday Is Not Coming, by Tiffany D Jackson
Empire of Storms, by Sarah J Maas
Heir of Fire, by Sarah J Maas
Kingdom of Ash, by Sarah J Maas
Queen of Shadows, by Sarah J Maas
Throne of Glass, by Sarah J Maas
Tower of Dawn, by Sarah J Maas
The Assassin's Blade, by Sarah J Maas
Crown of Midnight, by Sarah J Maas
The Freedom Writers Diary, Erin Gruell
Story of a Girl, by Sarah Zarr
Not My Problem, by Sarah Smythe
All The Bright Places, by Jennifer Niven
Optimists Die First, by Rusin Nielsen
Shine, by Lauren Myracle
Romona Blue, by Julie Murphy
Beloved, by Toni Morison
As we mentioned above, probably the most disturbing part of this is that the "conservative" school officials—including the school board members—clearly had no problem with these books being purchased with taxpayer money and made available to the high school students. Even after our activists read from one at the school board meeting, there was no interest in examining them, much less actually removing them.
Our next step: getting answers!
Over the next few weeks, we are going to demand answers.
All these school officials—librarians, administrators, school board members—owe parents and taxpayers their explanations why they think these books are "good" for teenagers.
Of all the millions of books available for teenagers, why did the school select these? It's certainly not an accident.
We were told that the high school librarian has been there for 27 years. It's well known that certain publishers specialize in teen pornography, and which books contain such material. The librarian would have known the books' contents. So what possible value did this person see in these degenerate books?
And all of this begs the question: What other radical horrors are being presented to kids at this school—that the "conservative" officials are simply ignoring or going along with? We intend to find out.
Clearly, there are people working at the school who should find other employment.
Final thoughts
Most conservatives immediately "go after the books." They want the bad books immediately removed. Then they'll be satisfied. That's the easier, short-sighted way out of this.
As we've said so many times, the books didn't just walk in by themselves. People put them there. And if the books are simply removed, other bad ones will take their place. It's necessary to get to the root of the problem: perverted people who must be purged from our school systems. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here