How so?
Actually, it is rather an odd Sherlock Holmes story to choose, if the kids are only going to read one. I’d say “The Hound of the Baskervilles” would be a better choice. Or a collection of the earlier stories, when Watson first meets Holmes.
It does certainly present the Mormons in a bad light. But it does have some historical basis. Whether it’s factual or not I’ll leave to others to argue.
This was one of my favorite books when I was twelve. I have it on my iPhone. It’s a great tale.
Moriarity would laugh....
What is kind of amusing to me is that a lot of the kids will read this on their own. The story has been “banned” so it must contain some material that will just curl your hair, right? Copies of it will probably be passed around secretly during lunch. LOL!!
Okay, so replace it with the Book of Daniel.
"A" parent?
Not a bunch of parents, or a group of parents, or a council of parents.
A single parent.
What would happen if a single parent challenged the teaching of Islamic studies on the grounds that, oh, I don't know, they slaughter people all over the world that don't agree with them, and they openly declare that they are at war with the entire planet?
Would the school board meet over this?
The county that is the home of Jefferson banning books! Jefferson seeded the genesis, from his own library, of the Library of Congress!
Derogatory? Nonsense. You want derogatory? Read Joseph Smith’s history as a con man in New York State. Read about the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Read about the kooky doctrines. They don’t need Doyle to be embarrassed about their religion.
Sounds like a mountain out of a molehill, but yeah, Baskervilles is probably a better choice anyway.
Or the “Five Orange Pips” story if they really want to be PC, since the bad guys are Klan members.