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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]33 Snowfish: “Boobie is a teenage pyromaniac who has killed his parents and kidnapped his baby brother with the intention of selling him to the highest bidder. Custis is an orphan who, for most of his wretched life, has been the sexual slave of middle-aged pedophile. Curl is a teenaged prostitute who has a dangerous crush on Boobie. These three miserable outcasts have formed a tenuous bond and are all on the run for Boobie’s murder.”

This sounds like a real winner. If you read the Kyle Rittenhouse thread people think he’s guilty because he played Call of Duty. Where exactly do you place the oh-so-touching-tale of “teenage rape victim and sex slave”? Completely sordid that this book is Democrats’ hill to die on. It should be burned. If you gave my child this to read, I’d file charges for child abuse. [/quote]

Perhaps in an earlier time pre-internet we might have had a spirited conversation on this topic, but it makes no sense to complain about the content of library books in the internet age when everything--and I mean EVERYTHING--is available to view within seconds on a cell phone screen. Whatever idyllic notion you have of childhood innocence shattered by this book--or any others you choose--trust me, it was shattered long ago. [/quote]
Just because it's on the internet [b]doesn't mean a parent has absolutely no ability to consent or control over what their child sees or reads[/b]. This book in particular in my opinion is very dark and for a more mature audience than teens. It discusses pedophilia, murder, rape, prostitution, a snuff film, child abuse, pyromania and drugs in a very matter of fact way. [/quote]

You can control what books you bring into your home, you can control whether your child has internet access at home or you can put parental blocks on their computer and phone (But for how long? Until what age?), you can even control who their friends are (But how do you know what undesirable material your child is accessing at their friends' houses?), and now apparently you want to control specific books available in your child's school library, but you are not going to control their exposure to unsavory topics...for very long. Good luck though![/quote]

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