Hundreds of parents and former students at a Dorset school that banned a book have called for it to be reinstated, with one ex-pupil saying she and others felt “let down” by the decision.
The row focuses on a decision by Budmouth Academy in Weymouth to ban The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas from its year 10 reading list after a complaint from a parent. The award-winning novel is about a 16-year-old black American girl who lives in a poor and predominantly black neighbourhood and attends a wealthy mostly white school. She witnesses a fatal police shooting of an unarmed black friend.
