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Book causes controversy at William Byrd High school

It's a book one father says he would NEVER have allowed his son to read and he's furious it came from a William Byrd teacher.

The book in question is called 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky.

In it, there are countless stories of sexual encounters including homosexuality, forced sex and voyeurism.

These writings upset parent John Davis.

His son is a junior at William Byrd.

An English teacher gave her copy to a student, who then gave it to Davis's son.

This book is banned in other school districts across the country on what's called a 'Banned Book List.'

The book is NOT banned in Roanoke County schools.

Davis finds it troubling that two copies were available in the school's library.

He does admit, his 16-year-old son is probably aware of the types of things in this book, but that doesn't mean he should be reading about it.

"It's corruptive, once you put these kinds of things in your mind, you can't just take them out, they're there forever, I'm infuriated by it!" says Davis.

Davis says he went to the principal, asking to speak to the teacher, but the principal said no, he had already taken care of the matter.

The Roanoke County School Board responded:

"The principal took appropriate personnel action. It has been the long-standing practice of the school system not to publicly comment on action taken with regard to individual employees and, in keeping with that practice, we do not intend to comment on the action taken in this case."

The School Board was unaware of this book and that it was in the library.

Both copies have been removed and the Board has ordered a review of the system's procedures for accepting books in school libraries.

Here's a link to the original story posted by WorldNetDaily.