Did Beaufort County schools ban this popular fantasy romance title? 7 more decisions made
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Book review committees voted Wednesday night to return seven more books to Beaufort County school library shelves, some with additional grade restrictions. The committees recommended limiting access to two and taking no action on five others.
The committees reviewed the first two books in the ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ fantasy romance series, which is being adapted into a Hulu series by the same director as ‘Outlander.’ Two more books in the series are still up for review, and the last book, ‘A Court of Silver Flames’ doesn’t appear in the Beaufort County school library catalog.
The decisions were:
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King — returned to grades 9-12, previously in grades 9-12
Collateral by Ellen Hopkins — returned to grades 9-12, previously in grades 9-12
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas — returned to grades 9-12, previously in grades 9-12
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas — returned to grades 9-12, previously in grades 9-12
Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott — returned to grades 9-12, previously in grades 9-12
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera — returned to grades 9-12, previously in grades 6-12
Perfect by Ellen Hopkins — returned to grades 9-12, previously in grades 6-12
Out of the 60 books reviewed so far, committees banned “The Haters” by Jesse Andrews, “Nineteen Minutes” by Jodi Picoult and “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover. The process has taken nine months and 37 books still need to be reviewed.
The review process will continue after through the summer, according to Spokesperson Candace Bruder.
