![]() Due to the fact that the district policy states that “objections to curricular materials must be evaluated by an advisory committee before being removed”, these parental complaints led to the vote which consequently resulted in the banning of the book. Beartown’s inclusion in the class’ reading material was met with an influx of complaints from the students’ parents who described the novel as “vulgar”, “graphic” and “just unnecessary” in regard to its subject matter. The book was assigned in a 10th grade (ages 15-16) honours English class and the new English teacher who assigned this book at McMichael High School was unaware of the curricular approval procedure needed to assign new material to classes. ![]() Beartown by Fredrik Backman ( Amazon / Hive Books)īeartown was banned in 2018 by Rockingham County School District in North Carolina after a decision from the school’s board which was cemented by a vote on 8th October. ![]()
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