When Alyshia Graham bought this book for her 10-year-old based on its cartoon cover, she had no idea it contained dozens of explicit sex scenes.
Alyshia Graham was collating books for her 10-year-old stepdaughter for the MS Readathon when she was asked by the primary school student for a copy of, a book that other girls at school already had. In her local Big W, Graham saw the illustrated cover, reminiscent of young adult books, read the blurb, flicked through the pages and – believing it was age-appropriate – she bought it.
Icebreaker was acquired by Simon and Schuster for publication in Australia. A school in Wandong issued a warning to parents about the cover.The book, by UK author Hannah Grace, was published in Australia by Simon and Schuster in 2023, and has sold over a million copies internationally. It’s also wildly popular on TikTok, largely due to its explicit content.is a love story between two US college students, one a figure skater, the other captain of the ice hockey team.
“It was very, very explicit,” she said. “It felt a little bit inappropriate for me to be reading it and I’m 31 years old. I really wasn’t prepared for the pornographic nature of it and the extreme details which it depicted, which makes sense knowing that it is an erotica novel, but that’s not what you expect when you’re looking at it.”
“It is our concern that many parents are unaware of the text’s content due to the way the book is marketed, and as such are unknowingly placing children at risk of exposure to adult content.”
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