CSD panel targets 2nd book

A novel that chronicles the difficult transition to American culture by a family from India contains descriptions of sexual conduct that are too explicit for high school seniors, a Coeur d’Alene School District book review committee says. The district’s Ad Hoc Committee for Literature, which includes parents and other residents, declined to recommend adoption of “The Namesake,” a 2004 novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, an Indian-Bengali American author who has won the Pulitzer Prize and in September was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities at a White House ceremony. A high school English teacher sought to add the book to the district’s approved titles for whole-class instruction. But the review committee voted 4-2 against adopting the novel. The School Board will vote on whether to accept or overrule that recommendation after a 30-day public comment period/ Scott Maben , SR. More here .

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