HALSEY, Ore. -- After more than an hour of debate, the Central Linn School Board found itself split on a motion to remove the divisive "Book of Bunny Suicides" from library shelves.

With a 3-3 vote, the board decided to take up the issue again in January, when all seven members will be present.

The book is a collection of cartoons featuring rabbits that commit suicide in various ways and has been a topic of debate for months.

The story follows 100 rabbits as they search for new ways to commit suicide.

Reviews by local book stores called it humorous and described the book as a collection of outrageous cartoons that will appeal to anyone in touch with their evil side.

Taffey Anderson complained about the book in October after her 13-year-old son brought it home. She threatened to burn the book, drawing national attention to the story.

School officials said the book was given the OK by the American Libraries Association and came in a bundle of nearly 400 other books.

Later, she changed her mind and agreed to return the book so that the board could decide whether to ban the book from school library shelves.

As a result, the district received 24 donated copies of the book.

“Suicide itself is not for school-age children. Adults, yeah I guess if you want to look at it if you're that demented whatever, not for kids,” Anderson said in October.

The school’s principal, Julie Knoedler, said in October that she can understand Anderson’s concern but that they don’t have time to review every single book that goes in the library and rely on the American Libraries Association to let them know whether books are acceptable.

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