A Wake County school committee has rejected a parent’s request to remove the book “The Kite Runner” from the high school English curriculum. “The Kite Runner” is an award-winning but frequently ...

Wake County school board panel voted 3-0 to retain 'The Kite Runner' in curriculum. Parent challenge cited graphic themes, but review committee pointed to educational value. 'The Kite Runner' ranked ...

"Kite Runner" was indeed a challenge — most of it takes place in Afghanistan, a country Goldstein knew little about. And there was that best-seller thing — when a book is as loved as this one was, ...

Several of the authors of the challenged books responded to The Ledger's request for a comment on the issue. Khaled Hosseini, "The Kite Runner" — "Books remain our most powerful teachers of empathy.

"For you a thousand times over!" The famous line from "The Kite Runner," a 2007 novel by Khaled Hosseini, signifies the love shared by friends in difficult times. Based on the highly-regarded novel, ...

When Khaled Hosseini visited Afghanistan in 2003, he was not yet the renowned author of the international best-seller “The Kite Runner.” Instead, he was simply an expatriate on a mission to revisit ...

LAKELAND – Polk County Public Schools’ two book review committees met Thursday to discuss the first two of 16 books they are reading to determine whether they should be kept in media centers and ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — The Banned Books to Film series continues at Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St. in Brattleboro on April 21 with a screening of "The Kite Runner ...

A parent filed a book challenge to have “The Kite Runner” removed from Wake County high schools. A Wake County school committee has rejected a parent’s request to remove the book “The Kite Runner” ...