Newport Beach Library Board Votes to Move Controversial Book to Teens’ Section

‘Melissa,’ the tale of a fourth-grader named George who wishes to transition to female, was voted out of the children’s section.

Children's books sitting in the Mary Wilson Branch of Orange County Library in Seal Beach, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. Sophie Li/The Epoch Times

Newport Beach’s library board voted to move a controversial book from the children’s section to the teens’ section of all city libraries at an April 15 meeting.

Concerned about several books with sexual content in the kids’ section, several residents and parents began requesting the board move the books last summer.