There are perils in writing a news blog all by yourself.  Not complaining, just saying when family comes first, I can be out of pocket for many hours at a time and try to update when there is an opportunity.

Let me be clear, my grandson’s third birthday is my first priority and wouldn’t miss that for anything.

But that does put me behind on a local news story that has had rapid developments the past few days – the Hamilton East Library, with buildings in Fishers & Noblesville.

The library board ordered a review of books in the teen section, using orders from the board on what books are not to be shelved in the teen section.

Famous author, and Indianapolis area resident John Green discovered one of his books, “The Fault In Our Stars,” had been removed from the teen collection as part of that board-ordered review.

Now, the board president says it was all a mistake.

Hamilton East Library Board President Laura Alerding issued the following statement:

“Upon reviewing the page(s) 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.  The Board of Trustees will discuss further what went wrong with the review process at the next public board meeting.”

The next regularly scheduled public meeting of the Hamilton East Library Board is Thursday, August 24, 6:15pm, at the Noblesville Library.