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<p><strong>By Mike McCombs</strong><br><strong>The Island News</strong></p>
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<p>The Beaufort County School District’s (BCSD) book review wheels keep turning.</p>
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<p>At least one of the two original complaintants have appealed the review committee’s decisions for each of the nine books returned to circulation in some fashion after the committees’ Thursday, Jan. 19 meeting.</p>
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<p>Neither of the original complaintants – Ivie Szalai or Mike Covert – appealed Committee 10’s decision to remove <em>It Ends With Us</em> by Colleen Hoover from circulation in the BCSD. It will remain out of circulation in the district for five years, according to policy.</p>
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<p>The decisions on the other nine books – all appealed by Szalai – went as follows:</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 7: </strong><em>Milk and Honey</em> by Rupi Kaur – returned to grades 9-12 only.</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 8: </strong><em>The Freedom Writers Diary</em> by Erin Gruwell – returned to grades 9-12 only.</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 9: </strong><em>Looking for Alaska </em>by John Green – returned to grades 9-12 only.</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 11: </strong><em>Impulse by Ellen Hopkins</em> – returned to grades 9-12 only.</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 12: </strong><em>Glass</em> by Ellen Hopkins – returned to grades 9-12 only.</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 13: </strong><em>Go Ask Alice</em> by Anonymous – returned to grades 9-12 only.</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 14: </strong><em>Crank </em>by Ellen Hopkins – returned to grades 9-12 only.</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 15: </strong><em>Thirteen Reasons Why</em> by Jay Asher – returned to circulation.</p>
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<p><strong>Committee No. 16: </strong><em>The Poet X</em> by Elizabeth Aceveda – returned to grades 9-12 only.</p>
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<p>Covert did not appeal the decisions of Committees 15 and 16.</p>
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<p>The fate of these nine books will ultimately fall to the Board of Education. While a date to decide the appeals has not been set, the next board meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 7, which falls within the 15-day window since the appeals were filed Jan. 27 and Jan. 30.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, 10 more book review committees are set to meet Thursday, Feb. 16 at 5:45 p.m. at Okatie Elementary School. </p>
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<p>The books under review include:</p>
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<p>– <em>Eleanor and Park</em> by Rainbow Rowell</p>
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<p>– <em>Grown</em> by Tiffany D. Jackson</p>
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<p>– <em>I’ll Give You the Sun</em> by Jandy Nelson</p>
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<p>– <em>Monday’s Not Coming</em> by Tiffany D. Jackson</p>
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<p>– <em>Nineteen Minutes</em> by Jodi Picoult</p>
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<p>– <em>Sold</em> by Patricia McCormick</p>
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<p>– <em>All the Things We Do In The Dark</em> by Saundra Mitchell</p>
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<p>– <em>City of Heavenly Fire</em> by Cassandra Clare</p>
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<p>– <em>I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter</em> by Erika L. Sanchez</p>
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<p>– <em>Me and Earl and the Dying Girl</em> by Jesse Andrews</p>
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<p><em>Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.</em></p>
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