It has been done. A rating system for books in school libraries similar to movie ratings has been created.
A group of concerned citizens, Book Looks, is working to rate books and created the rating system shown above. Another excellent resource, RATEDbooks.org is also working to rate books and make the public aware of what is happening in their schools. What’s more, these groups have already rated many of the books found in GHAPS libraries.
The Content Based Rating system shown above rates books based on sexual content, violence and drug and alcohol use. It does not take into account indoctrination concepts such as critical race theory that are used to divide people. Therefore, in addition to their rating system, we feel it is important to add an additional indoctrination rating system.
Several books available to children through the GHAPS libraries have been reviewed by Restore Ottawa. The ratings assigned by Restore Ottawa are shown below. For a more extensive list of rated books please visit the references listed above. They are doing an excellent job plowing through the mountain of questionable books found in schools.
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D Jackson - Age 14-18, GHHS – Rating 3C
The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Miracle - Ages 14-18, GHHS Library – Rating 4
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson - Ages 14-18, GHHS and Central – Rating 3C
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele - Ages 14-18, GHHS – Rating 5F
None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio - Ages 14-18, GHHS and Central – Rating 3C
One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva - Ages 12-13, Lakeshore Middle School – Rating
The Detour by S.A. Bodeen - Ages 10-11, 6th Grade Classroom – Rating
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin - Ages 12-18, Lakeshore Middle School, GHHS – Rating 2C
One True Way by Shannon Hitchcock - Lakeshore Middle School, GHHS, Central – Rating 1C
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit - Ages 14-18, GHHS – Rating
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Ages 12-18, Lakeshore Middle School, GHHS – Rating 2A
Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee - Ages 14-18, Central – Rating
Some Girls Bind by Rory James - Ages 12-14, Lakeshore Middle School – Rating 2C
Looking for Alaska by John Green - Ages 12-18, Lakeshore Middle School, GHHS – Rating 3C
A Red Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall - Ages 5-10, Elementary Schools – Rating 0A
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moor Ramee - Ages 10-14, White Pines and Lakeshore Middle School – Rating 0C
There’s a Hair in My Dirt by Gary Larson - Ages 10-18, White Pines and Lakeshore Middle School, GHHS, Central – Rating 2A
Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh – Ages 14-18, GHHS – Rating 2C
My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow – Ages 14-18, Central – Rating 2F
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi - Ages 12-18, Lakeshore Middle School, GHHS – Rating 2F
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kuir - Ages 14-18, GHHS - Rating 4
