Fang-Face writes “Life Is Funny, by E.R. Frank, pulled a novel from the library shelves of two Merced, California, middle schools this past week. The
Merced Sun-Star has an article about the incident. The action was taken unilaterally by Merced City School District Assistant Superintendent RoseMary Duran who ordered the removal of the books after a complaint from a parent.
Life Is Funny depicts a group of teenagers dealing with domestic violence, molestation, and relationships; at issue are what were described by the complainant as: sexually graphic passages. The exception I take to this action is that it was unilateral rather than through the invocation of a review process.“
What the hell?
OK, is this like the same parent who travels from school district to school district challenging books? Or is their more than one: “The One Parent that Challenges Books in School Districts” group? “Ooooohh, I’m sorry Mr. Smith, we already have our One Parent in your school district. We’ll be happy to put you on the waiting list if they should ever step down.”