Won't Someone Think Of The Children?

Apparently To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the most objected-to novels on US curriculae, due largely to the language used.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11417672

As one 'commenter' points out, use of the word "nigger" reflects in part the era in which the book was set. However, we can make a broader statement. In order to excuse particular forms of language in novels, it is enough to recognise that reported speech is just that. If we want authors to write honestly and meaningfully, we need to accept that characters in novels will sometimes use language that we do not approve of. If parents object to that, they are in effect saying they want their children to be sheltered from certain aspects of reality. That is OK to a point, of course, but it sounds as though there are an awful lot of censorious parents out there who cannot tolerate any version of reality that doesn't look and sound a lot like Disneyland.

Catcher In The Rye is also on the list for similar reasons. A shame. It should be on the list because it's rubbish.