If that day comes, proud Florida, as always, will be the first to let it happen.

𝐴𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘 (𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠), 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒: ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑝𝑠://𝑤𝑤𝑤.𝑎𝑙𝑎.𝑜𝑟𝑔/𝑏𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒: ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑝𝑠://𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑠.𝑜𝑟𝑔/

But perhaps some day, not too far in the future, the public won't be told anything in advance -- and just a handful of close-minded zealots will get to decide what books are on the shelves of the libraries that we all pay for.

If they don't seem eager to publicize what's going on, or to face a large audience, I understand. Book-banning isn't so easy when actual library users show up and speak out. This is true all over the country.

It will be a big day in the spotlight for Monty, who ran for the school board in 2022 and didn't do so well. It'll also be a big day for the rest of Hernando County's Moms for Liberty, whose modest membership numbers mean that they can conveniently ride to the meeting in the same Dodge minivan.

I wish I was able to attend the November 4 meeting in Brooksville to hear readers weigh in on FEVER BEACH and, more importantly, share their thoughts about the government telling them what they can and can't read.

The other two were her husband/videographer, and a woman whose position on the book-banning issue is unknown.

You can surely understand why the Moms for Liberty might be skittish about media attention after that embarrassing sex scandal in Sarasota, but it's important to point out that only one member of the wild threesome was a card-carrying MFL.

The group is scheduled to meet at the West Hernando Branch in Brooksville on November 4 at 1:00 pm, though the agenda has not yet been published.

It's not quite a done deal because the Hernando County Library Advisory Committee, upon which Monty (the lone Dad for Liberty) sits, hasn't yet officially voted to yank FEVER BEACH from library shelves.

The vice chair of this particular Moms for Liberty chapter is actually a dad named Monty Floyd, so it's either a very small group or a very woke group. Regardless, my publisher is elated because, as any dummy knows, banning a book always boosts sales.

Some of the country's most popular and well-known authors are on Florida's hit list, so I was honored to learn that the Moms for Liberty in Hernando County are hoping to ban my latest novel, FEVER BEACH.