NOM"s headline reads "
NJ School District Yanks Lesbian Sex Book From Required Middle School Summer Reading List"
And yet the article describes it as a high school. So NOM blatantly lied in the title of their headline.
And as for the matter itself, it's a book. There have been several banned books that are of great literary merit, such as The Catcher in the Rye, Fahrenheit 451, or even Lord of the Flies. It always deeply troubles me when parents attempt to censor what students in high school read. Reading gives us new ideas and forces us to think about ideas we might not have thought about otherwise.
For the record, the book in question (at least according to NOM's picture on the site) is Norweigan Wood which is really well reviewed. Also, in case you are lazy and not fond of clicking links, the book was insanely popular when it came out in Japan, selling nearly 4 million copies.
For the record, the book in question (at least according to NOM's picture on the site) is Norweigan Wood which is really well reviewed. Also, in case you are lazy and not fond of clicking links, the book was insanely popular when it came out in Japan, selling nearly 4 million copies.
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