More details on the challenge to Scars

Through Kids Right to Read/ABFFE, which contacted the Boone County Public Library in Kentucky about the challenge to Scars, we've been told that:

"…after they got the patron complaint, they put together a panel of librarians (YA librarian, children's adult – several others; a good range), who convened a meeting to discuss the validity of the challenge. They have already made the decision but have yet to tell the complainer about it…and don't want it getting out yet,…[so] they didn't divulge the outcome." We were told "that no book has ever been pulled from that library." We're also told that we'll know the outcome in a day or so.

We also found out that "the patron complained because of the content," believing "that the book could contain triggers for self-harming teens or those who used to harm themselves but no longer do." Perhaps there is the unfounded fear that "This could make kids cut themselves!" (a ridiculous assertion) or perhaps it's a relatively (if misguided) legitimate concern from a parent or teen."