National effort to label schools' library books pornography takes root in Polk County.These are the 16 books a conservative group wants banned from Polk public schools libraries.Conservative group trying to ban 16 books from Polk Schools, calling them pornographic. READ MORE ABOUT POLK COUNTY'S BOOK CONTROVERSY: So far, one book - "George" by Alex Gino - was voted to be returned to all PCPS libraries. So far, the committees have agreed overwhelmingly to return to high school media centers: "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult, and "The Vincent Boys" by Abbi Glines and to middle and high schools "Drama" by Raina Telgemeier, and "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. In addition, more than a dozen students are rotating participation for each review. The committees consist of 17 adults each. Two committees were formed to read and review eight books each. Heid placed the books in “quarantine” at the end of January until they could be reviewed and it could be determined whether they were pornographic, harmful or age-inappropriate. CCDF presented PCPS Superintendent Frederick Heid with complaint forms filled out by Florida Citizens Alliance members.
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