If you’re Black, you are a thief and you sell drugs. It’s like society has a set of rules that are never mentioned but everyone knows when one of these “rules” has been broken. However, society has a slightly different outlook on life: Love who you are and be proud of it in every way, as long as you’re normal and stick to the status quo. 20 and placed in the district’s middle schools, DeShazo said.Everyone is taught from a very young age to love who they are and be proud of it in every way. 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. Honestly, who would want Maximum Ride banned from schools? On what possible grounds? What do the majority of parents in Martin County think of this arbitrary and borderline absurd decision?' Ron DeSantis: 'The Maximum Ride series was recently banned by the Martin County Florida School District. Patterson, who lives in Palm Beach County and owns a home in Martin County - asked his followers to 'send a polite note' to Gov.

Patterson - who had bestsellers eventually made into blockbuster movies such as 'Along Came a Spider' and is known for the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series - took to Twitter on Monday after learning his 'Maximum Ride' young-adult book series was removed from Martin County school library shelves. Books written by Picoult - including 'My Sister's Keeper,' 'Lone Wolf,' 'House Rules' and 'Keeping Faith' - also were removed from high schools after objections that they were romance novels for adults, not children, according to district records. Morrison's 'The Bluest Eye' and 'Beloved' had been on high school shelves.

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