Family Says Book 'Not Appropriate' For Elementary School Students

Laura Nevel grew concerned when her 10-year-old daughter asked her about a white powdery drug.

Echeo, a fifth-grader at Auburn Elementary School, explained that they were reading the book "The Dead Man in Indian Creek" out loud in class.

A passage in the book described a white powdery substance, and "everyone yelled out: 'It's cocaine,'" Echeo said. Not knowing what it was, she asked her mother about it.

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