![]() ![]() “I don’t see a problem with putting LGBTQ books in an elementary school. “Books like that are inclusive,” Sophia says. She doesn’t often pick up biographies or books like Melissa, but she doesn’t think they should be banned from the library, she says. ![]() Sophia is currently immersed in the Nyxia trilogy, a sci-fi dystopia about characters trying to escape the machinations of an evil corporation. I like fantasy, mystery, and historical fiction.” “I enjoy imagining the stories in my head while I read. “Reading is basically an escape from reality,” says Sophia Dexter, 14, a student in Wake County Public Schools. Melissa, on the other hand, was checked out only 118 times. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was checked out 1,372 times last year across the county’s 23 public libraries. In the list of books that are popular among middle schoolers, fantasy series like Harry Potter rank number one, according to Wake County librarians. ![]() ![]() The best of INDY Week’s fiercely independent journalism about the Triangle delivered straight to your inbox. ![]()
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