Two suspended classic American novels, "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" will immediately return to public school library shelves in a Virginia county.

The Accomack County school board voted to return the books to libraries and classrooms. The books were banned on November 29 according to school policy after a formal complaint by a parent against the use of racial slurs in the books.

According to the school board chairman Ronnie Holdman, the board agrees that some of the language used in the books is "offensive and hurtful." Although, he said teachers and staff "have a wonderful talent for conveying the bigger meanings and messages in literature."

The board also said that, it will set up a new committee to re-examine the existing policy regarding content complaints.

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