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Though I completely agree that banning most books from schools is wrong, especially for the reason given above - suspected demonology, I can think of a good reason to ban them. Since I am not a high schooler, I don't know what the current fads are, but if the explosion of teenagers in this forum is any clue, LotR is one of them. Teachers should not have to put up with students reading during class when they are supposed to be listening. Though this is obviously not as horrible an offense as talking during class, smoking in the bathroom, or the like, it is still disrespectful to the teacher. If reading LotR during class has become a frequent occurrence in a school, they have good reason to ask students not to bring the books to school.