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| Lenona... |
 Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:47 am |
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http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6698534.html
("Young adult author Ellen Hopkins was recently banned from speaking
at Whittier Middle School in Norman, OK, following a parental
complaint over one of her books, a semiautobiographical account of her
daughter’s battle with a crystal meth addiction......")
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6698028.html
("Laurie Halse Anderson’s books seem to be causing a stir around the
country, just in time for Banned Books Week......")
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6260794.html
("New and Views on Banned Book Week")
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6692454.html
("The recent book-banning controversy over Tintin au Congo (Little,
Brown, 2005) at New York’s Brooklyn Public Library is yet another
reminder of the importance of Banned Books Week, an event in which
thousands nationwide will read from banned or challenged books, speak
out and learn about censorship, and celebrate the right to choose
reading materials without restriction......")
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1260032126.html?nid=3714
(includes the top 10 banned books in 2007)
And.....
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/09/26/the_school_that_opted_out/
(first 2/5 or so)
The school that opted out
By Julianna Baggott
September 26, 2009
A principal of an elementary school in the Boston suburbs recently
called - a week before my author visit - to tell me that the school
wasn’t going to send book orders home with students because it didn’t
want to give parents the impression that the school was endorsing the
objectionable material in my book.
Which book, I asked?
“Well, the one where . . .’’ I heard her shuffling papers, “. . .
there’s some kind of . . . pregnancy issue?’’
“Do you mean Fern’s mother who dies in childbirth in ‘The Anybodies?’
’’ I asked, wondering if this was really objectionable in light of
Harry Potter’s murdered parents.
“I guess so . . . And,’’ she went on, “there’s a bad word?’’ She
paused. “The word . . .?’’
“That would be ‘The Prince of Fenway Park,’ ’’ I said. The novel is
about racial tolerance, drawing on the history of racism in baseball,
and includes an author’s note concerning my rationale for using the
“n’’ word. I assumed she hadn’t read the book or the author’s note.
She stressed that she didn’t want to deal with angry parents
complaining about the books, and how she just couldn’t give the
impression that the school was endorsing my work.
I explained that the state of Massachusetts as well as many other
states had already endorsed “The Anybodies’’ and that it was on
several summer reading lists. The principal told me that none of this
mattered, explaining that her district was one that had opted out of
the president’s recent address to schoolchildren.........
(snip)
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