BANNED BOOK SUMMARY

Romeo & Juliet BY Shakespeare, William

My second favorite story of this timeline is the easy-to-read version of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet under the Top Banned Books in Schools. Only after the students took home the easy-reading version of the absolute classic play did parents start to complain about the play’s “mature themes about sex.” Did they not understand there was sex in the play in Shakespeare’s original? Was it too difficult to parse for them then?


2013
Some parents in Liberty (SC) are furious about the book their kids are reading in middle school. They say its too mature for their kids because of the sex. The book in question is an easy-to-read version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

2012
Some parents in Liberty (SC) are furious about the book their kids are reading in middle school. They say its too mature for their kids because of the sex. The book in question is an easy-to-read version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.