Photo credits: Nina Christensen, David Munoz
Headline: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In October, Menomonee Falls School District administrators ordered the removal of 33 books from the high school. Parents, students and community members packed the next school board meeting, with many demanding answers.
Superintendent David Muñoz said the books came from a list compiled over the course of two years by Nina Christensen, president of the school board, and other unnamed board members. Muñoz said he met with two "trusted administration leaders" and decided that the 33 books violated district policy on sexually explicit content and profanity. The books were:
"A Court of Frost and Starlight" by Sarah J. Maas
"A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas
"A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas
"A Court of Wings and Ruin" by Sarah J. Maas
"Boy Toy" by Barry Lyga
"Breathless" by Jennifer Niven
"Damsel" by Elana Arnold
"Empire of Storms" by Sarah J. Maas
"Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi
"Identical" by Ellen Hopkins
"Jesus Land: A Memoir" by Julia Scheeres
"Kingdom of Ash" by Sarah J. Maas
"Last Night at the Telegraph Club" by Malinda Lo
"Living Dead Girl" by Elizabeth Scott "
Lucky" by Alice Sebold
"Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult
"Perfect" by Ellen Hopkins
"Shine" by Lauren Myracle
"Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Sold" by Patricia McCormick
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
"The Carnival at Bray" by Jessie Ann Foley
"The Duff: a Novel" by Kody Keplinger
"The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
"The Haters" by Jesse Andrews
"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
"The Sun and Her Flowers" by Rupi Kaur
"Tricks" by Ellen Hopkins
"What Girls Are Made Of" by Elana Arnold
"Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire
"You: A Novel" by Caroline Kepnes
And yes, Nina is a Republican. (She's also one of the so-called Moms on a Mission, a variation of the Flibbertigibbet Moms.)
Not even a school board president.
Related posts:
Menomonee Falls school superintendent David Muñoz offers no specifics as to why books were removed from high school library. (10/27/2023)
Controversy seems to follow David Muñoz. (10/24/2023)
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