The hyper-responsible mother makes a list of books that her son should never read. However, the 26-year-old librarian decides to save her son from parental conservatism.
She handed me the list and paused expectantly, obviously expecting me to read it aloud. The list looked like this: «Witchcraft/Witchcraft, Magic, Satanism/Occult Religions, etc., Adult Themes, Weapons, Evolutionary Theory, Halloween, Roald Dahl, Lois Lowry, Harry Potter…»
This is the beginning of an incredible story told by a young American writer, Rebecca Mackay. Miss Drake, concerned about her 10-year-old son’s reading circle, compiled a list of works and authors that should not be given to him in the library under any pretext. She really wants to raise her child correctly and protect her from any unwanted influences. But, according to the 26-year-old librarian, such guardianship impoverishes the inner world of the child, and she decides to save the boy from parental «fundamentalism» …
Translation from English by Irina Filippova.
Corpus, 480 c.