Warning: This post contains sexually explicit material that is not appropriate for children.
The following is an excerpt from a book that was available to children at the Grand Haven High School library. The excerpt was read to the school board by a parent during the October 2021 meeting and requested to be reviewed for appropriateness in the library. The parent also requested review of approximately 12 additional books.
Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
p. 240
Charlie fanned his hands over the back of her panties. “God, I love your ass,” he murmured.
She was both thrilled and mortified. She was on her knees, and he was behind her, and when she shifted to move back beside him, he didn’t let her. Instead, he ran his hands over and under her panties.
“Oh,” Wren said. “Um…”
Charlie pulled her back to him, and she turned toward him. They were both on their knees, and he put one hand at the base of her neck and kissed her while his other hand skimmed the side of her body and the curve of her hip.
“I think your shirt needs to come off, too,” she whispered. Her face flamed, because he’d had his shirt off before, but she’d never been the one to say “take it off.”
He leaned back, and she helped pull his shirt over his head. She touched his ribs. His abs. She placed both hands on his chest. He was so gorgeous. So warm and hard and real.
He trailed his fingers down the strap of her new French bra. He reached the lace and lightly skimmed it. With both hands, he scooped up her breasts, running his thumbs over the swell of them and making her nipples even harder. They poked visibly through the sheer fabric- Wren glanced down and saw- and Charlie said, “Leaves?”
Wren’s mind was foggy. Then she said, “Leaves. Yes. On my bra. Do you like?”
He dipped his fingers under the lace, sliding the fabric of the bra off her breast and anchoring it beneath, so that it pushed her flesh higher. He did the same to the other breast. “I like this better,” he murmured, bowing his head and sucking first one nipple and then the other.
Wren couldn’t think. It was all sense and touch and heat and shivers. Oh my God, she thought, and she moved beneath his touch, following his hands with her body.
He fiddled with her bra. It took him a moment to work the clasp, and she smiled as she kissed him.
She was wet.
She was scared, but she wanted him inside her.
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It escalates from there. There are still six pages left in the chapter.
Following the board meeting the books on the list were reviewed by Grand Haven High School and Central High School librarian Dana Rider, Lakeshore and White Pines librarian Sarah McElrath and Instructional Services Educational Director Mary Jane Evink. They determined that the copy of The Infinite Moment of Us (noted above) from the Grand Haven High School library had been misplaced and will not be replaced due to parent concerns over its appropriateness.
They also determined that the remaining books on the list are indeed appropriate for the school libraries in which they reside so no action will be taken. Stay tuned. More information on the other books will be reported in the near future.