The author of a banned book doubts his novel will entice teenagers to have sex.
'Into the River', which won Book of the Year at the 2013 NZ Post Children's Book Awards, has been banned from sale or supply after a complaint from conservative lobby group Family First.
The story follows a Maori boy and his problems with bullying. It also features sex and drug use. The president of the Film and Literature Board of Review Don Mathieson QC slapped an interim ban on the book pending a review of the Censor's decision to make the book available to all readers instead of R14. Read the whole article...
FYI - Yes, this book has had to be removed from the shelves of our school library .