Laurie Halse Anderson’s SPEAK
This is the situation: Some guy thinks a rape scene is pornography, and wants to keep the book out of the hands of “impressionable teenagers”. Myra McEntire has already said everything that I was thinking about on the subject. (McEntire has a YA of her own, due to be released in May of 2011, which...
Banned and Challenged Books by Title
Courtesy of The Forbidden Library.I’ve marked off the ones I’ve read. It’s more than I thought. I challenge all my readers to read at least one book from this list in 2009. Post in the comments which one you choose! 1984 , George Orwell The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , Mark Twain Alice’s Adventures in...
