'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Attwood 'The Carnival at the Bray' by Jessie Ann Foley 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' by Safran Foer 'Mighty Jack and the Goblin King' by Ben Hatke What other books were recently removed from Martin County school libraries? Here's a list. The science fantasy series, published between 20, centers on the adventures of Maximum 'Max' Ride and her family, called the Flock, who are winged human-avian hybrids created at a lab called The School. Patterson has written more than 200 novels since 1976, including the nine-book 'Maximum Ride' series for young adults. “(Patterson’s) titles are available to students at the middle school level.” “The titles were reconsidered following Florida’s statutorily-prescribed process and moved from elementary libraries to middle school, which is aligned with the recommended reading age of 12+ for the series,” DeShazo said. 20 and placed in the district’s middle schools, DeShazo said. The books were removed from two elementary schools in Martin County around Feb. She also indicated that the book series has no 'serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value for students.' Marshall, who filed most of the challenges to the Martin County School District's book titles, indicated on her form that she has not 'read or viewed' the 'Maximum Ride' series. She asked for the books to be placed in 'upper-level' school libraries.

That request, submitted by Stuart resident Julie Marshall, asked that all nine books in the series be removed because she considered them a young-adult series that 'does not belong in elementary school libraries,' she wrote in her objection form to the school district. 1 reconsideration request.Įditorial: Banning books has nothing to do with liberty Jennifer DeShazo, public information director for the Martin County School District, said Wednesday that Patterson’s 'Maximum Ride' series was removed from the district's elementary school libraries after a Feb.

Max by James Patterson