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Alana Brophy | September 25, 2012

After concern from parents, a popular novel has been taken off the reading list at Nampa High School.

The book, “Like Water for Chocolate,” became a major motion picture 20 years ago. But now it’s considered too racy for sophomores who already started reading it.

The book has been considered a contemporary classic in Latin American literature. In the past, parents say teachers would read edited excerpts. Read on…

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“Nampa High School pulls novel with sex scenes”
(Idaho Press Tribune|Mike Butts|September 25, 2012)

“Idaho school will remove book amid parents’ complaints”
(The Associated Press|September 25, 2012)

“Like Water for Chocolate passages”
(Idaho Press Tribune|September 25, 2012)

Tags: Challenges, Idaho, School curriculums, Schools, Sexual content

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