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A high school in California is considering banning Stephen King鈥檚 book 鈥淒ifferent Seasons鈥� because of a sexual scene.

Rocklin High School is considering banning the story collection because of a passage in one of the stories, titled 鈥淎pt Pupil,鈥� in which one of the main characters, Todd, rapes a woman. The school took the book off library shelves after a parent objected to the scene. A school committee discussed the complaint and ended by deciding to remove the book from circulation.

Rocklin senior Amanda Wong was on the committee and said she was the only one who supported keeping the book in the library and was also the only one who has read the entire short story collection.

鈥淚 thought it was completely wrong of them to do that,鈥� Wong told CBS. 鈥淚 was really upset鈥� Although I understand this parent鈥檚 concerns 鈥� I wouldn鈥檛 want my little brother reading this 鈥� I don鈥檛 believe it鈥檚 the school鈥檚 right to take the entire book out of [the] library just over that.鈥�

Wong took her complaint to the school board in Rocklin, and the book was put back in the library while the issue is debated. A district committee will meet about the issue starting tomorrow.

King鈥檚 agent told CBS that the author fully supports Wong鈥檚 stand.

鈥淲e hope she and those who share her views are not disappointed,鈥� the agent told CBS.

Stories in 鈥淒ifferent Seasons鈥� were the basis for the movies 鈥淭he Shawshank Redemption鈥� and 鈥淪tand By Me,鈥� respectively.

Three other books by King, 鈥淐arrie,鈥� 鈥淐ujo鈥� and 鈥淭he Dead Zone,鈥� made the list compiled by the American Library Association of the 100 books most frequently challenged in the U.S. from 1990 to 2000, though none of them made the cut for the list of most challenged books between 2000 and 2009.