I personally have never read or heard of those books, but they seem pretty interesting especially for a Juniors honor class. I remember in my honor classes, we read the most difficult books ever! However, it was just for our advantage for more challenging reading when we got to college. So I find that this teacher at this high school, is only looking out for the future of these students. You can't pop a picture book in front of a 17yr old and expect him or her to be ready for college level reading and understanding. (:
As for the citizens' committee, I think that these people have more of an advantage to fighting the issues that arise when parents as these challenge certain books, due to the fact that the committees are made up of prior administrators and teachers that have been in the same dilemma. The people of these committees are used to issues like these, and are more knowledgeable than the parents who are challenging the novels. They have obviously read the literary works before assigning them to their students, and know exactly what the contents are. Even though sometimes parents know more whats best for their children, in a classroom, a teacher knows best!
So if it were up to me, I'd have parents teach their children their own beliefs at home, and when it comes to school, let the teacher do the teaching. (:
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