Amid backlash, HamCo library puts John Green's 'The Fault in Our Stars' back in teen section

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Amid backlash, HamCo library puts John Green's 'The Fault in Our Stars' back in teen section
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The Hamilton County library will put John Green's 'The Fault in Our Stars' back into the teen section after backlash regarding its removal.

John Green said he's not going to Fishers anytime soon after his book was removed from the teen section, meaning"no Top Golf or IKEA for a while."The Hamilton County library will put Indiana author John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars” back into the teen section after transferring it to the adult reading area last week.

“Upon reviewing the page of “The Fault in Our Stars” book that were the basis of the Director’s and review staff’s reason to move the book out of the Teen section, I believe there was an error in implementing the Collection Development Policy and that this book should be moved back to the Teen section immediately,” Alerding said in an email to IndyStar.

The book’s removal sparked outrage last week and prompted Green to write a scathing letter to library board members in which he said he was “horrified,” “infuriated,” and “disgusted.”

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