And this article references this book as somehow being ‘extra bad’ because it was on the ALA’s ‘100 Most Frequently Challenged Books’.
You know what other books are on there? Let us take a look at all of the other naughty, dangerous, and disgusting books us vigilant parents should be on the look for:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Explain how the book is in ANY way appropriate for children.
You can’t explain how the book of subject is in any way appropriate for 10 year olds, can you.
Let me tell you something. There is an elementary school down the block from me, since one of the parents recognized me from the board of ed. she told me about a special hour with the kids third grade and fourth, Planned Parenthood would give the children a bag (including the book), parents got a notice to sign re: diversity, not health, and were told to send in 12 bucks. Somehow a few parents found out this book was the subject, I went to my library to check out the book (you have to know your subject), talked to the librarians (I go every day, so I knew them), re: what they thought, how ofter is it taken out, what the kids say, if anything about it. I’ve done a lot of things in my life... i’m no angel, but the embarrassment of reading that book on the childrens’ floor (I had to shield it... that bad). If you had come and read that book there, they would take you away as a molester or worse. No lie. Dad or not, whatever excuse.
All around not good.
Oh, I forgot the kicker, no parents were allowed to be there (but i’m sure you’ll say because the poor elementary students couldn’t talk about sex around their parents).
I still have a copy of the form they sent the parents somewhere... I should scan it.
BTW, where’s the other 90 books on the Challenged List?