ORONO (AP) – A book that was temporarily pulled from a ninth-grade English curriculum at Orono High School has been reinstated.

A committee made up of the principal, a teacher, the librarian and a community member reviewed Suzanna Kaysen’s memoir, “Girl, Interrupted.”

The book is Kaysen’s memoir of being hospitalized in 1967 at age 18 in a mental institution, where she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. It contains descriptions of sexual acts, incest and suicide.

The committee’s draft report stated that those situations “are brought out in a way that they can be discussed in context with an adult.”

“The reviews that they’ve looked at largely support the book for high school students,” Superintendent Kelly Clenchy said Wednesday.

David Quimby of Brewer, the parent whose complaint triggered the book’s review, said he felt that the review committee was stacked in favor of the book. He said he continues to feel that the book is inappropriate. “My feeling is that the majority of the parents of those kids are unaware of it, unaware of the contents of the book,” Quimby said.

Quimby’s 15-year-old son, a tuition student at Orono High, showed him the book a couple of days after it was assigned for reading. “He was very uncomfortable with it, and he said that lots of the kids were making comments about it in the hallway,” Quimby said.

If Quimby isn’t satisfied with the outcome, then he can petition the full school committee to conduct its own review.

“The committee can accept the recommendation of the review committee, or ask for further investigation,” Clenchy said.