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The author of a book which was pulled from schools across the US over its description of a sex act between two 10-year-old boys has said it was never intended for young children.
Lawn Boy, a 2018 novel by Jonathan Evison, drew national attention in 2021 after it was found in school libraries despite scenes that parents labeled ‘pedophilic’.
School districts in at least 12 states removed the book from libraries because of the controversial passages.
The passages included descriptions of a sexual encounter between two fourth-grade boys at a church youth-group meeting.
Evison told The Washington Post the book was never intended to be placed in school libraries.
His comments appeared in a Post article which said schools banned the book because ‘a mom wrongly said the book showed pedophilia’. Continue reading