As an explanation why a school *might* ban that particular list of books I suppose, just about. As an explanation why the kids don't get them from the local library, doubtful. I'm with tree_and_leaf here; there's something about that list which pings me as off, and what pings me is that it's not a list of books which I'd expect kids to be panting to read in the first place. It feels middle-aged.