john green in the fault in our stars movie

But she questioned whether the book should be available at the middle school library because the subject matter involves teens dying of cancer who use crude language and have sex.įrankly, parent, you are blocking the freedom to read by removing it from libraries rather than just from your child. Krueger said she didn’t want to “come off as a prude” or block anyone’s freedom to read.

And if we're being nitpicky, the book doesn't so much have teens 'having sex,' as one mother says, but teens right before and after having sex. It's important to note that this sexual content takes up approximately 1.5 pages of the 318 pages, and the word 'sex' is not even in the book. And as the Riverside schools parents' have now spoiled for you, they have sex. For those of you hiding your head in the sand this year, Green's YA novel centers on two teenagers who meet in a cancer support group and fall in love. I know what you're thinking: There are still middle schoolers (nevermind parents) in this world who haven't yet read The Fault in Our Stars? Isn't this two years and a movie too late?Īpparently not. Even though we're smack in the middle of Banned Books Week, a California middle school district has banned John Green's beloved The Fault in Our Starsfollowing complaints from parents about inappropriate sexual content.

John green in the fault in our stars movie