wow. really. i teach in a yeshivishe boys elementary (read: low-level english studies) and we read this book in my THIRD GRADE class.
sooo difficult to believe that this is being read in seventh grade, and sooooo difficult to believe the reason for the ban. they don’t come more squeaky clean than this book.
but then, i went to a fairly “out of town” bais yaakov, where we learned to put on nail polish in home ec, and where we watched disney’s snow white in seventh grade art class. 🙂 and the teacher made a joke by the kiss at the end that he was performing CPR.