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Mornie0815 t1_j711fxa wrote

I don't get it. Why would it be an inappropriate book?

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AndeeElizabeth09 OP t1_j712rne wrote

My thought exactly! Like yes there’s a death in it, but by that logic, The Great Gatsby would apply, and that book is pretty standard in American high schools. You can’t shield kids from death, it’s inevitable.

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elanhilation t1_j71s22v wrote

considering Nick discretely fucks another man in the text of The Great Gatsby, there’s a very good chance conservatives would try to ban it

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x-munk t1_j716t2t wrote

If we're ruling out literature with death in them we can kiss pretty much all of Shakespeare goodbye.

Oh also Death of a Salesman and Of Mice and Men... and I guess the theater department will have to stop putting on Les Mis every fucking year.

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ReadAllAboutIt92 t1_j71kn9p wrote

Crucible and Lord of the Flies are both out too… pretty sure I studied both of those by age 13 in the U.K.

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amerkanische_Frosch t1_j7138t3 wrote

Apparently there is a rather explicit sex scene in it between two (consenting) teenagers.

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AndeeElizabeth09 OP t1_j713s34 wrote

I honestly forgot that there even was sex in it lol, but I remember reading a book from the library in high school that was quite raunchy, and all the characters were teens. I think it was originally released in Australia but can’t remember the name.

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