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Sherlock Holmes Book Removed From Albemarle Reading List

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Sherlock Holmes' first adventure has been removed from sixth-grade reading lists in Albemarle County.

Brette Stevenson, a parent of a Henley Middle School student, had complained that "A Study in Scarlet" is derogatory toward

Mormons. The Albemarle County School Board voted Thursday night to remove the book. A committee commissioned to study the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel said in a report that it's not age-appropriate for sixth-graders.

More than 20 former Henley students who opposed the book's removal attended the meeting. Rising ninth-grader Quinn Legall-Malone told the board that "A Study in Scarlet" is the best book he has read so far. Stevenson said she's pleased with the decision. 

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