I love it when parents demand things from teachers. Here, some of my experiences from high school: "My son has failed his test miserably, you'll give him a new chance or I take it to court!" "I can understand my daughter searching for a poem online instead of making one. You should give her a new chance." "You can't punish my boy. He's a teenager, it's normal he breaks the rules."

Maybe a religious family?

Tell her that it is totally fine if he chooses to read an easier book, he just won't pass the class.

What book is it?

I bet her son isn't half as innocent as she thinks.

Reminds me of one time in college when our English Literature teacher ran over the C-word in one of our books with a black marker because it was 'innapropriate' for us as students. Even though all of us were at least 18 at the time. Some people just don't know when to let teenagers grow up.

I've read books for English where they use all sorts of words, like shit and ****, and my parents don't care. That's basically overprotective parenting in a nutshell.

It wasn't anything too bad like "poppycock" was it?

My mom flipped out when we were reading "Go Ask Alice" in high school

We NEED to know the book, OP!