Johnsonton County is on the hunt for books to remove from its collection after removing "How the Girls lost their accents". What scariest of all is that they aren't waiting to react, they're just looking for books that are "offensive."

After banning a popular coming-of-age tale, Johnston County school officials are scouring library shelves for other potentially offensive books to remove.

The district review was prompted by a parent challenge to "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents," which was removed from school libraries and classrooms this fall. The novel by Julia Alvarez has faced challenges in at least four districts nationwide for its sexual content and profane language, though national observers knew of no other district where parents succeeded in having it banned.

It has not been challenged or banned in other Triangle districts, though it is in several high school libraries across the region and is taught in at least one Durham school.