Northville Mother Upset About Seventh Graders Reading Unedited 'Diary of Anne Frank'

A Northville mother is upset about the unedited version of "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" that her seventh grade student is reading in school.

>>Read what the mother has to say here.

According to an article on myfoxdetroit.com, parent Gail Horalek filed a formal complaint with the Northville school district about a passage in the book that she thinks is too graphic for students that age.

In the passage, Anne Frank discusses the discovery of her genitalia.

>>Read one of the passages here.

According to the Fox article, Horalek wants the district to go back to the edited version of the book.

Horalek received a response from the school district, stating that she should first talk to the school principal and teacher about the matter.

Northville Public Schools has a process for reviewing concerns -- like this one from a parent of a Meads Mill Middle School student -- related to school materials, said Robert Behnke, assistant superintendent for Instructional Services, in an email to Patch.

"If the parent is not satisfied with the response at the building level, a committee consisting of parents, teachers, media specialists, and administrators will be assembled to review the concerns expressed by the parent using the Citizen’s Request for Reconsideration of Materials Procedure," he said in the email.

"Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" is taught as part of the language arts curriculum in all Hillside and Meads Mill seventh grade classes.