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He also depicted how the young black children dealt with racism and stereotypes. CONTROVERSY In many school districts throughout the United States, this book is required reading for high school students. Despite the many awards the book and author have received, some people have voiced concerns that this book contains material inappropriate to school-age children and teens. The reason is a scene from the book where a group of starving young boys Prostitute themselves to men at a workers' Hostel in exchange for food. In the scene the main character, Johannes, realizes that this is wrong and escapes before anything can happen to him. However, the scene does describe in somewhat graphic detail the men rubbing themselves and the backsides of the young boys with Vaseline and positioning themselves to engage in anal sex with the boys. |
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