Schools Don't Carry It

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Some Catholic school libraries pulled a magic trick of their own a few years ago. One day the library was stocked with the Harry Potter series — the next day the books were gone. Evanesco! Boston's Rev. Ron Barker declared that the books' themes of witchcraft and the occult were inappropriate for a good Catholic school, and many agreed. Others, who also believed the books should not be allowed in schools, simply thought that the books portrayed a bad example of children disrespecting their elders.

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