If you think Gossip Girls on TV is racy, just wait until you read the books that inspired the series–featured in the youth section of America’s libraries.

One parent, Dixie Fechtel, in Leesburg, Florida was so outraged by the books, which depict sexual content and drug use, that she asked Leesburg Library Advisory Board to remove books from the youth-adult section of the Leesburg Library, according to the Daily Commercial.com.

“A parent or student walking into the youth section should not have to get something off the shelf as shocking as this,” said Fechtel. “There needs to be some sort of system to enable parents to check out those kind of materials for their children.”

The books could be placed in a separate section and labels attached to the cover of the book to let parents know that it contains objectionable material they may not want their child to read, Fechtel said.

Here is a Fox News Video of an interview with Fechtel.

“Only in Your Dreams: A Gossip Girl Novel,” is one of the books in the series. Here is a passage:

The King size bed was so big Blair had divided it up into four sections: one four sleeping, one for eating, one for watching TV and one for sex.

Fechtel has been challenging the books with no success since last August. Library Director Barbara Morse refused to move the books. She said the books are extremely popular and were placed in the appropriate section.

It seems odd to place the Gossip Girl series next to books like the Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter and Eragon that are supposed to serve teenagers from 12 to 18.

Has sex become so rampant in the media that it has become acceptable for 12, 13 and 14-year-olds to read books like Gossip Girls?

Certainly teens could easily have access to the adult section with other sexually explicit work, but does that make it okay to cater these books to teens?  Would you support moving the books to the adult section?