Bookslut points to a story on a Chicago area school that was pressured by parents to remove a book from the school’s reading list. We had a bit of that action last year here in the Champaign Public Schools when use of The Kite Runner was first banned and then reinstated. 

As soon as school ended in June my sophomore-to-be set aside his Sports Illustrated and assorted books on the Chicago Cubs to read The Kite Runner over three late-night sessions. Please, assign some more controversial summer reading material that will similarly engage his mind.