Final review committee meeting scheduled
By Delayna Earley
The Island News
Seven more books have gotten the green light to be returned to Beaufort County School District library bookshelves following the book review committee meeting November 8, at Okatie Elementary School.
The books Scars by Cheryl Rainfield and Shine by Lauren Myracle were voted to be returned to library circulation for Grades 6 through 12.
Flamer by Mike Curato, Grit by Gillian French, Lucky by Alice Sebold and The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley were voted to be returned to Grades 9 through 12.
Only one book, Boy Girl Boy by Ron Koertge, was returned to library circulation without restrictions.
To date, 92 committees have reviewed 91 of the 97 books removed from BCSD library shelves in October 2022 with two books resulting in a tie requiring them to be returned to the review process.
Of the two books that were returned to the review process, one, Identical by Ellen Hopkins, has gone through the review process for a second time resulting in it being returned to BCSD libraries, and the second, A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee will be re-reviewed during the final book review committee meeting on Nov. 29.
Beautiful by Amy Reed, Breathless by Jennifer Niven, Layla by Collen Hoover, The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle, grl2grl by Julie Anne Peters and YOLO by Lauren Myracle are also to be reviewed during that book review committee.
Unless one of the committees reviewing the final seven books ends in a tie vote, this will be the last book review committee.
Four books have been removed from BCSD libraries for five years following their review committees’ votes – Forever for a Year by B.T. Gottfried, Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover and The Haters by Jesse Andrews.
The books that have been removed will remain off BCSD library shelves for a period of five years before they are able to be re-reviewed.
Delayna Earley lives in Beaufort with her husband, two children and Jack Russell. She formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
