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I *do* think that permanently removing a book (that already existed) from the library is an act of censorship, regardless of the "age appropriateness" of the book. Some students will not have any other way to access the book.
Shoving it under the reference desk and requiring parental permission is slightly better than removing it entirely, but does still run into the "what if Susie wants to read it but her parents won't let her because of religious reasons" problem.
*My* parents wouldn't let me read Patricia C. Wrede because dragons are representations of Satan. I'm still annoyed about that. I do think that young adults deserve some privacy and agency in what they choose to read. <invoke Roald Dahl's Matilda here>
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