![]() The books range from classics such as "Of Mice and Men" and "The Color Purple" to "Draw Me a Star" by Eric Carle, for an illustration depicting a naked man and woman, to "Lucky", a memoir by Alice Sebold recounting her rape and its aftermath while she was a student at Syracuse University. ![]() The group, which was created as a small grass-roots movement in Indian River County, has about 165 chapters across the country. Moms for Liberty is a parent-advocacy group that tackles parents' rights and education issues. The School Board has the final say in removing a book from the district. The media specialists are recommending five of the challenged books be removed from all school libraries because they are not K-12 appropriate. The parents identified the books from a list circulated among Moms for Liberty chaptersacross the country. Media specialists in the Indian River County School District already are reviewing the titles.īook ban? Just concerned parents? Indian River schools face 1st Amendment issue | Opinion ![]() ![]() They're taking their case to the School Board Monday. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - A parents group here wants 156 books off school library shelves, claiming they contain pornographic passages and themes related to critical race theory. ![]()
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