Is it okay for a 10th grade English class to read a book that portrays sexual violence?

Is it okay for a 10th grade English class to read a book that portrays sexual violence?

December 23, 2013

  Q: A very good English teacher at my children’s high school is having her 10th grade students read a book that’s causing quite a stir: “The House of the Spirits,” by Isabel Allende. The book contains some very graphic descriptions of violence, sex, and sexual abuse. The teacher is using the book as a way […]