[Tarana]

Apparently, my school district is buying a certain number of copies before their distributor runs out. The book will then be phased out of high school curriculum to just the advanced class and then phased out entirely as required reading. The book may have been 'iconic' to a generation, but once it is no longer part of curriculum, it will die out of popularity.

I'd hazard a guess that many districts did not have the book in their curriculum in the first place. My sisters and I were in advanced classes in different districts some years apart and none of us had this as required reading in our classes. So, maybe its popularity is not as great as I thought. On the other hand, Catch-22 wasn't in there either- but we did get a summary of that one in class.