Book-banning committee discusses 16 'inappropriate' books in Polk schools

Sixteen books available in Polk County public schools could be banned after a group challenged them, saying they contain inappropriate material for students. The district has since formed a committee to review the books and recommend if they should be permanently banned from school libraries. More: https://www.fox13news.com/news/16-inappropriate-books-to-be-reviewed-by-polk-county-school-officials LIST: "Almost Perfect" by Brian Katcher "Beloved" by Toni Morrison "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison "Drama" by Raina Telgemeier "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Foer "George" by Alex Gino "I am Jazz" by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings "It’s Perfectly Normal" by Robbie Harris "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini "More Happy Than Not" by Adam Silvera "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult "Real Live Boyfriends" by E. Lockhart "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher "Tricks" by Ellen Hopkins "Two Boys Kissing" by David Levithan "The Vincent Boys" by Abbi Glines FOX 13 Tampa Bay brings you the important videos like breaking news, Tampa Bay weather, and local stories. But also plenty of fun stuff, like 'We Live Here' tips, the best of our archives, and all those 'only-in-Florida' stories. Subscribe to FOX 13 News: https://www.youtube.com/FOX13TampaBay?sub_confirmation=1 Watch more FOX 13 News video: https://fox13news.com/ Watch FOX 13 News live: https://fox13news.com/live Download our app: https://fox13news.onelink.me/Sd7G?pid=social&c=youtube&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fox13news.com%2Fapps Get our newsletter: https://www.fox13news.com/email