The book is recommended for ages fourteen to seventeen.
It’s just not appropriate,” states Jimenez.
“If anyone opens these books, and sees the pictures in this book, and reads some of the things these kids are reading on pornographic material and the play-by-play on how to go about being sexualized. It was then removed from the school district after Governor DeSantis’ administration deemed it as pornographic. She’s talking about a book called ‘Let’s Talk About it: The Teen’s Guide to sex, relationships and being a human.’ It’s a book that the Broward chapter of Moms for Liberty filed a complaint against. “It is pornographic material, and the public school system is not the platform to be exposing them to this, much less without the parent’s awareness,” said Eulalia Maria Jimenez, mother and chair of Moms for Liberty of Miami-Dade County.
The Governor’s Office has supported recent book removals, claiming that in some cases, the books provide pornographic material. Now, in its Index of School Book Bans, which covers the U.S., PEN America said it's listing instances where students' access to books in schools was restricted or diminished for either limited or indefinite periods of time. They had 566 bans across 21 districts, ranging from the Panhandle to South Florida. It's an issue that isn't going away and one the Florida 24 Network has been covering for months now.Īccording to PEN America, a global organization that protects rights of literature and free expression, during the 2021-2022 school year, Florida had the second-highest number of book bans in the country. School districts in the state, including Duval and Broward counties, recently removed more books from shelves.
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