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Mar 3, 2009 10:52 pm US/Central
Keller Family: 'The Boy Book' Not For The Young
Mom Opposes Content In 'The Boy Book'
Keller Female Student Says School Librarian Recommended Racy Book
KELLER (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
It's called "The Boy Book," and it has some North Texas parents steaming mad.
Despite racy chapter titles and content, some say it is too adult for young eyes. Yet a Keller Independent School District student managed to get a copy of it from her middle school library.
"The Boy Book" - with its cute little penguin cover - looks like it's written for a child.
The book calls women's breasts "boy magnets." Instructions include, "No matter how puny your frontal equipment, don't wear the kind with giant pads inside. If a guy squeezes them, he'll wonder why they feel like Nerf balls instead of boobs."
Chapter Three talks about drinking.
The 13-year-old student checked the book out from Fossil Hill Middle School when the librarian recommended it to her.
"There's stuff kids my age don't need to know yet," said the student, whose family did not want to be identified.
Chapter Six is for the "serious boyfriend." The book reads, "You can see a future if the two of you are getting horizontal on a regular basis. You borrow his T-shirts."
The student said she was embarrassed. The middle school even has a rule about hugging. "It's weird having that in there when we can't even hug for more than two seconds."
Keller ISD officials said "the district relies on reviews from quality national journals written by certified librarians," and the book was recommended.
The concerned parent met with school officials. She said she wasn't happy with how the meeting went because they backed the federal guidelines for the book.
Keller ISD officials said they take this very seriously. If the mother will sign off on it, they will initiate a review, and a committee will read the entire book and vote on whether it should stay or go from the library.
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