![]() On the challenge to "The Chocolate War," the board voted 7-4 not to remove the book from elementary schools. By a 6-5 margin, with one member absent, the motion was defeated. Gibson joined the board's four Republican-backed members in voting to restrict "I Was a Teenage Fairy" to high school students. ![]() On this, I am going to err on the side of caution." "There are some extremely, extremely mature themes in this book," he said. Gibson (Hunter Mill), a Democrat-endorsed board member, sided with Brickner, who is backed by Republicans. ![]() "I support this at the high school level, but not the middle school level." "This is a book about a pedophile who takes advantage of young, impressionable kids," said School Board member Mychele B. ![]() Block's book features a victim of sexual molestation who decides to take on her abuser. They had sought to restrict the books to older audiences.Ĭormier's 1974 book deals with a teenager who has just lost his mother to cancer and refuses to sell candy during a school fundraiser. The books had been challenged by Richard and Alice Ess of the Alexandria section of the county, who have filed a number of similar requests. ![]() "The Chocolate War," by Robert Cormier, will stay in Fairfax elementary school libraries, while "I Was a Teenage Fairy," by Francesca Lia Block, will remain on middle school library shelves, the county School Board decided Monday. ![]()
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