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Parents Decry Book Depicting Rape Assigned To 9th Graders
The novel "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky" contains some graphic passages concerning parents of students assigned to read it in 9th grade.

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The novel "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky" contains some graphic passages concerning parents of students assigned to read it in 9th grade.

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