Please check out the article on Publishers Weekly. It discusses profanity in books and targets the hoopla around the newest Newbery winner "The Higher Power of Lucky." I was intrigued to see the response about this at the bottom of the article. My good friend who is our middle School Media Specialist explained the difficulty in ordering books that contain profanity at the middle school level. It is hard for her, a woman who loves books and abhors censorship, to deal with parents, administrators and teachers in light of these concerns. I have a "parents permission only" shelf...(make that closet!) in my classroom. It is the only way I can get great literature to my kids and not get in huge trouble. Interesting issues in Maine...Teacher not re-hired for offering "Bastard out of Carolina" to sophomores, "Catcher in Rye" , high school again, challenged by parent who had never read the book but was offended by the Spark Notes. My own school where "I Know What You Did Last Summer" stirred up an incredible frenzy 5 years ago.......
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