Not so childish

Rupert Grint has risked upsetting parents of young Harry Potter fans, by urging kids to read a rape-and-violence fuelled book.

Rupert Grint has risked upsetting parents of young

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fans, by urging kids to read a rape-and-violence fuelled book. The actor has joined American Library Association’s Read campaign, which encourages children and teenagers to indulge in classic literature.

However, Grint has made a macabre choice for his recommended reading Anthony Burgess’ controversial novel

A Clockwork Orange

, reports

the Daily Express

.

His former co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have also signed up for the campaign, but have made more sombre choices - Radcliffe loves Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita while Watson recommends Romeo and Juliet.