A Virginia superintendent informed parents 14 books will be removed from school libraries this week due to sexual content.
Spotsylvania County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Taylor cited Virginia law signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin last year that requires parents be notified about sexually explicit material.
The 14 books, including Pulitzer Prize-winning “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, were challenged as instructional material, Taylor wrote in an email to parents.
Teachers are not prohibited from assigning the books as long as parents are notified, Taylor said.
The following books are to be removed from school libraries by 4 p.m. Friday:
- “All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto” by George Johnson
- “Like a Love Story” by Abdi Nazemian
- “Dime” by E.R. Frank
- “Sold” by Patricia McCormick
- “Out of Darkness” by Ashley Hope Perez
- “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
- “America” by E.R. Frank
- “Looking for Alaska” by John Green
- “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
- “Water for Elephants” by Sarah Gruen
- “Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe” by Preston Norton
- “More Happy Than Not” by Adam Silvers
- “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
- “Nineteen Minutes” by Jodi Picoult
