An 11-year-old boy has spoken out against X-rated content at a school board meeting by reading from an explicit book he got from his middle school's library.
A sixth-grader named Knox Zajac wanted to make a statement in front of school officials in Maine by reading aloud a book titled Nick and Charlie - which is for 14 years and older.
The novel was written by Alice Oseman and follows two early teen boys that steal wine from their parents and proceed to experiment sexually with one another.
"This book was on the stand. I would like to read you a page," the young boy said at the podium during the meeting, per Maine Wire.
Watch the video below (starts at the 7:10 mark):Knox continued to read an excerpt from the book and said: "'My back over my hips. I asked if he should take his clothes off. He was saying yes before I finished my sentence.
"He's pulling off my T-shirt, laughing when I can’t undo his shirt buttons. He's undoing my belt. I’m reaching into his bedside drawer for a condom, we're kissing again, we're rolling over,'" Knox said, adding: "Obviously you can see where this is going."
After reading more of the passage, the youngster claimed that when he rented the book out to show his dad, a librarian allegedly asked him if he "wanted more" or a "graphic novel version".
Knox's angry father Adam, spoke up to address the Board of Windham Raymond School District - also known as RSU-14 - and said: "That’s my son, 11 years old, and went to his library and found it by the entry door of our library.
"This is the smut that he is finding, alright? I don’t care whether it's gay, straight, bisexual, or whatever the terms are for all of this stuff - it doesn't need to be at our school. It doesn't need to be at my 11-year-old’s library," he added.
Adam then proceeded to blast the book Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe which also shows explicit descriptions of two minors. The age advisory in the novel is for readers 18 years and older.
"This is bulls***," he remarked. "We do not need to be having literature that is showing boys how to s**k d***… you may think the schools know what’s best for our children. Do you know who knows best for our children? The parents."
According to The New York Post, state and federal law prohibit the possession or distribution of pornographic material involving children.
Speaking to CBS 13, Knox explained that he took a stand because he "felt uncomfortable" after seeing the book in his middle school library, saying: "Before we went in, we were skimming to see if (the book) was that bad.
"And when I saw that page, I genuinely felt so uncomfortable. I had to spread the word about what was in this book and what is in our middle school," he went on. "So I wanted to make sure I could get it out as soon as possible, and make it shut out of schools."
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