"Controversial" Mideast book stays in Toronto schools http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/791906--controversial-m

An award-winning book about a Palestinian girl whose family suffers at the hands of Israeli settlers will remain in Toronto schools after a review by board staff found it “does not cross the line into literature promoting hate or animosity towards others.”

B’Nai Brith Canada had complained The Shepherd’s Granddaughter is “vehemently anti-Israel” and had asked that the book — currently part of a province-wide reading program for Grades 7 and 8 students — be removed and was disappointed with the Toronto District School Board’s decision.