BREAKING: ROCKWOOD POSTED THE LIST. 22 BOOKS WITH SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES ARE ON IT.

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT 

On the district's website, it says librarians removed the books from Rockwood's school libraries because of a new state law. 

The law makes it a crime for schools to provide sexually explicit images to students and takes effect today, Sunday, August 28th.

Rockwood parents were only aware of 4 books with sexually explicit images. 

But, 22 sexually explicit books were removed by librarians.

HERE'S THE LIST

Batman: White Knight  by: Sean Murphy

Be Gay Do Comics by: The Nib

Bingo Love  by: Tee Franklin, Jenn St. Onge & Joy San

Fire Force Vol. 1  by: Atsushi Okubo

Flamer  by: Mike Curato

Gender Queer  by: Maia Kobabe

Gilgamesh  by: Andrew Winegarner

Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel)  by: Renee Nault

Home After Dark  by: David Small

Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human  by: Erika Moen

Lighter Than My Shadow  by: Katie Green

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness  by: Kriten Radtke

Sex Plus  by: Laci Green

Sumomomo Momomo: The Strongest Bride on Earth Vol.1  by: Shinobu Ōtaka

Supermutant Magic Academy  by: Jillian Tamaki

The Good Earth (Graphic Novel)  by: Nick Bertozzi

The Sacrifice of Darkness  by: Roxanne Gay

The Stranger  by: Jacques Fernandez

The Sun and her Flowers  by: Rupi Kaur

Watchmen  by: Alan Moore

Why Comics?  by: Hillary Chute

Zahra's Paradise  by: Amir Soltani & Khalil

Parents were aware of 3 of the graphic novels on the above list, plus a 4th one that is not on the list. Graphic means comic book style images. 

The 4th one, "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic," is a book Rockwood says was lost some time ago. Presumably, that is why they didn't remove it in this sweep.

The information from Rockwood does not specify which schools had the books. The books parents already knew about were in high schools, meaning they were available to kids as young as 14 years old.

If school personnel had continued providing the books to students, they would have risked a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. 

ROCKWOOD STATEMENT

The link to this statement and the removed books list

"Rockwood closely follows any changes in state and federal legislation to ensure compliance with all applicable statutes. Missouri Senate Bill 775 (SB 775) establishes guidelines related to providing "explicit sexual materials" to a student. 

Rockwood reviewed our collections in light of the new legislation. Any books that reflect what is outlined in SB 775 have been removed from district libraries by the Aug. 28 deadline. Below are the titles that were removed."

The new law only affects images; not explicit content that is written.