Ohh... I love this topic and wish that I had something smart to offer! But I haven't read Huck Finn since high school myself, and I've lost a few brain cells since then, I think.
So instead I'll just babble.
I think of censorship in school libraries as something initiated by parents. If that's the case, is there a distinction to be made between [a] demanding that a book that one objects to not be required reading, [b] demanding that a book be removed from the school library's circulation so students can't check it out, and [c] maybe insisting that a book can't be checked out without parental permission?
I could live with [c]. I would protest [b] vehemently. And while I would never apply [a], myself, and would hate to see it happen, I'm less sure that I would condemn it as a strategy as readily as I would condemn [b]. What do you think?
And have I asked you before if you've read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak?
I really did end up loving Huck Finn. And talking about it tonight just made me love it more. I'm really glad the member whose turn it was picked it, because I probably wouldn't have ever read it on my own. There's just so much to like about it
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So instead I'll just babble.
I think of censorship in school libraries as something initiated by parents. If that's the case, is there a distinction to be made between [a] demanding that a book that one objects to not be required reading, [b] demanding that a book be removed from the school library's circulation so students can't check it out, and [c] maybe insisting that a book can't be checked out without parental permission?
I could live with [c]. I would protest [b] vehemently. And while I would never apply [a], myself, and would hate to see it happen, I'm less sure that I would condemn it as a strategy as readily as I would condemn [b]. What do you think?
And have I asked you before if you've read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak?
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