It includes strong profanity and graphic sexual references.

It contains graphic (though fictional) references to the Gukurahundi, the occupation of Matabeleland by Zimbabwe's Fifth Brigade in the 1980s.

One letter, postmarked May 11 and mailed from Newark, was sent to Mrs. Silverman's 14-year-old daughter and contained graphic sexual references and a condom.

"Foolish" is rated R. It includes strong profanity, graphic sexual references, full frontal female nudity and violence involving guns and baseball bats.

The first graphic reference to its existence remained from the 14th-15th centuries, in the registry book of the Miskolc kin (family) estates, referred to as 'Keresztwr'.

In an interview with Lois Duncan, the interviewer said that the book was challenged for its immorality, graphic references, and sexual references.

It takes a certain amount of grit - Kelly would use a more graphic reference - to mix and match historical and fictional characters.

But its original rating had more to do with nonstop profanity, drug use, very graphic sexual references and an overall rawness that will be extremely disturbing to some teen-agers.