"The parent of a Choctawhatchee High School student wants the Okaloosa County School Board to ban a novel from the classroom." The book in question is The Kite Runner, a novel of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban which includes a rape scene. Students in two northwestern Florida high schools read and discuss the book as part of an honors English class. Ft Walton Beach TV station WJHG reports that the matter will be reviewed, but was unable to contact the mother who filed the complaint. I guess even in the Panhandle it's not easy to be a fundamentalist these days.--David E
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