The Answer Sheet: Banned Books
Beyond 'Beloved': books that are commonly challenged
Here we go again with parents who think that their sensibilities about particular books should apply to everybody.
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12:46 PM ET, 02/08/2013 |
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Why ‘Mockingbird’ has been challenged
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is now a classic, but there have been challenges to the book over the years, and initial reviews were mixed in 1960. One called it "sugar-water."
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10:34 AM ET, 07/11/2010 |
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Taking Anne Frank off shelves: Indefensible
It isn't the first time that a classic book has been pulled off a library shelf because a parent didn't want their darling child to read it, but it is equally obscene every time it happens. This just happened in Culpeper County Public Schools, where a version of the “Diary of A Young Girl,” by Anne Frank was removed from schools because a parent complained about graphic sexual language, according to the Star Exponent.
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05:00 PM ET, 01/28/2010 |
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