Schools
Teenage Twins Push To Remove Agatha Christie Novel From Reading List
The novel's original title includes a racist slur.
BOLINGBROOK, IL (CBS) — It’s below freezing in mid-January, but two St. Dominic Catholic School students say reading is a great way to transport yourself. “It takes you somewhere,” Kyra Pierce said. What she and her sister, Phallon, didn’t imagine was finding a book they call racist on their 8th grade summer reading list: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.
“We found its original title — Ten Little [racist slur] — and found the cover of it with the doll hanging,” Phallon said.