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Date: 2011-07-23 11:02 am (UTC)They simply told us that they'd *wanted* to have certain books on the reading list, but were told by the school administration that the books were "objectionable".
Which is how I came to read "King Rat" by Clavell. Depressing in places, but I did learn some things from it. And much of it wasn't *that* shocking, as I'd read a number of books about WWII POWs before.
On the other hand, I recall the reading list for the prep school mom tried to get me into. The only two books that I recall are Silent Spring (tried to read it and bounced) and "The Hobbit" which I also had trouble with. More because it was a bit too "kids fairy tale" at the start.