Kelly Jensen writes: “Burbank, California, once a sundown town, is in the midst of a particularly challenging book challenge in its sprawling school district. Five novels which had been classroom staples, including To Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, The Cay, and Newbery Award winner Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, were challenged by parents in early September. All of the books, except for Huck Finn, were required classroom reading. All of the parents raising the challenge, except one, are Black.”