Author John Green weighed in on X after one of his books, “Looking for Alaska,” was referenced in connection to banned books and the firing of the Autauga-Prattville Library Director.

The library’s board president, Ray Boles, told AL.com that Green’s 2005 book was an example of books that are inappropriate for young adults.

The book, inspired by Green’s time at Indian Springs School, has been challenged in several Alabama libraries, including Dothan, Prattville and Gadsden.

The book “has a whole paragraph in there about her giving a blow job. That doesn’t belong in the kids section or the young adult or the teenage section. I’m not saying it doesn’t belong in the library,” Boles said. “It just simply needs to be moved to the other side. And that’s it. That’s what we’ve been after from day one.”

In response, Green posted on X (formerly Twitter), “I dislike having my books banned (and mischaracterized by folks who haven’t read them), but what I really dislike is when hard-working and deeply committed librarians are fired for no good reason by vindictive, unprofessional culture warriors who care nothing for actual kids.”

“Looking for Alaska” was adapted into a Hulu miniseries in 2019. Green is also known for his 2012 book “The Fault in Our Stars,” which sold 23 million copies and was adapted into a full-length movie in 2014.