![]() ![]() Other books about Anne Frank and copies of the published diary she wrote chronicling her time hiding from the Nazis with her family and other Jews in German-occupied Amsterdam remain in the school systems' libraries. Vero Beach is located 105 miles (169 kilometers) southeast of Orlando. The Anne Frank graphic novel had been checked out twice before it was removed, Cristen Maddux, a spokeswoman for the School District of Indian River County, said Monday. ![]() If someone disagrees with a decision to keep the disputed book on the shelves, it can be appealed to a districtwide committee. ![]() Under the school district's policy, the principal makes the decision on a challenged book. The book at one point shows the protagonist walking in a park, enchanted by female nude statues, and later proposing to a friend that they show each other their breasts. The school’s principal agreed with the objection, and the book was removed last month. “Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation” was removed from a library at Vero Beach High School after a leader of Moms for Liberty in Indian River County raised an objection. A high school along Florida's Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank after a leader of a conservative advocacy group challenged it, claiming it minimized the Holocaust. ![]()
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