The way to handle this is to have the app scan for the possibly offensive words so the the parents can see what's in the book before the child reads it. Then if the parents don't feel it's appropriate, then they can just not allow their child to read the book until they are older and/or more mature. That's a much better solution then to bastardize the book. It could change the meaning and as pointed out by Joanne Harris...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cele...in-novels.html
http://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/pos...m-clean-reader
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3. Pedagogical. If, as you suggest, this app is partly designed for young readers, then I believe the toxic message it carries (that body parts are shameful and must not be mentioned by name; that sex is dirty and shameful) is likely to be extremely harmful to impressionable young people, and may result in serious psychological damage, with all the social consequences that may entail.
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