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Parent urges removal of novel 'Sold' from OPS libraries, cites sexual violence passages
Summary
A parent told the Omaha Public Schools board that the novel Sold appears in several district school libraries and urged the district to remove it, saying the book contains descriptions of sexual violence inappropriate for middle-school readers.
Michelle Rogers addressed the Omaha Public Schools Board April 7 to urge removal of the novel Sold from district libraries, saying she found the book in several school collections and that its content is age-inappropriate.
Rogers read passages and described the book as containing prostitution, sexual violence and explicit descriptions. She told the board the book is available in "Burke High School, Blackburn…
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