On March 23, the committee issued a memo about its findings including that the novels were not primary learning resources, but rather supplements that they did not contain sexually explicit images that they were evaluated as a whole and not by passages or sections taken out of context. 28, the Reconsideration Committee decided to keep the novels at the high schools, but remove them from Dean Morgan Middle School's library. (Trustee Mary Schmidt later said 'Fallout' was checked out 32 times from Kelly Walsh and Natrona County high schools.) 'Crank' had been checked out 104 times at Kelly Walsh and Natrona County high schools, and 'Fallout' was checked out 29 times at the schools, according to the March 23 memo. 'Crank,' published in 2004, is about a 16-year-old's descent into addiction to methamphetamine and grappling with 'The Monster.' It is the first novel in a trilogy, followed by 'Glass' and then 'Fallout' published in 2010. Soon after that vote, a May 2 memo the committee issued its findings that the three other books subject to complaints - 'Glass' (the second novel in the 'Crank' trilogy followed by 'Fallout,'), 'Tricks,' and 'Traffick' - were acceptable for high school libraries but not for libraries at middle schools.Īll novels deal with addiction, with 'Traffick' being about five teenagers who are 'victims of sex trafficking culminating in the challenges of recovery, forgiveness, and rehabilitation,' according to the May 2 memo.īut 'Crank' and 'Fallout' were the subjects of the Reconciliation Committee's first decision and the topic of Monday's trustees' meeting. The committee evaluated the novels in alphabetical order: 'Crank' and 'Fallout,' which were the subject of the board's meeting on Monday.

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